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-rw-r--r--block/vmdk.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 84f8bbe480..a9d0084e36 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ static int vmdk_is_cid_valid(BlockDriverState *bs)
if (!s->cid_checked && bs->backing) {
BlockDriverState *p_bs = bs->backing->bs;
+ if (strcmp(p_bs->drv->format_name, "vmdk")) {
+ /* Backing file is not in vmdk format, so it does not have
+ * a CID, which makes the overlay's parent CID invalid */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (vmdk_read_cid(p_bs, 0, &cur_pcid) != 0) {
/* read failure: report as not valid */
return 0;