diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 75008749b1..6fdd650d88 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -4774,8 +4774,12 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetStringArray(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *qmpCmd,
 
     ret = qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply);
 
-    if (ret == 0)
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        if (qemuMonitorJSONHasError(reply, "CommandNotFound"))
+            goto cleanup;
+
         ret = qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply);
+    }
 
     if (ret < 0)
         goto cleanup;