diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4e590e3374..2a84e5d8ca 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ qemudStartup(int privileged) {
                       "%s/cache/libvirt/qemu", LOCAL_STATE_DIR) == -1)
             goto out_of_memory;
         if (virAsprintf(&qemu_driver->saveDir,
-                      "%s/lib/libvirt/qemu/save/", LOCAL_STATE_DIR) == -1)
+                      "%s/lib/libvirt/qemu/save", LOCAL_STATE_DIR) == -1)
             goto out_of_memory;
         if (virAsprintf(&qemu_driver->snapshotDir,
                         "%s/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot", LOCAL_STATE_DIR) == -1)