index d01e366..3b37ece 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
 -2013,6 +2013,10 @@ qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(struct qemud_driver *driver,
 {
     bool probe = driver->allowDiskFormatProbing;

+    if (disk->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_NETWORK) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if (!disk->src)
         return 0;