diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 66c94fbcd2..737e8389bc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -1963,6 +1963,12 @@ int qemuMonitorTextAddDrive(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (strstr(reply, "Image is not in")) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
+                       _("Incorrect disk format"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup: