diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 31f479dbb8287f443a226d80407e37a218a7ce65..3280fda339623bfc32266a664c1df855ac1994af 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -12772,6 +12772,10 @@ virshFindDisk(const char *doc,
             STREQ_NULLABLE(sourceDir, path) ||
             STREQ_NULLABLE(sourceName, path)) {
             xmlNodePtr ret = xmlCopyNode(nodes[i], 1);
+            if (!ret) {
+                vshError(NULL, "%s", _("Failed to copy XML node"));
+                return NULL;
+            }
             /* drop backing store since they are not needed here */
             virshDiskDropBackingStore(ret);
             return ret;