1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 0b45e1b6fa..e75757f977 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3557,7 +3557,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_virtfs: {
                 QemuOpts *fsdev;
                 QemuOpts *device;
-                const char *writeout, *sock_fd, *socket;
+                const char *writeout, *sock_fd, *socket, *path, *security_model;
 
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("virtfs");
                 if (!olist) {
@@ -3596,11 +3596,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 }
                 qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "fsdriver",
                              qemu_opt_get(opts, "fsdriver"), &error_abort);
-                qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "path", qemu_opt_get(opts, "path"),
-                             &error_abort);
-                qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "security_model",
-                             qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model"),
-                             &error_abort);
+                path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
+                if (path) {
+                    qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "path", path, &error_abort);
+                }
+                security_model = qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model");
+                if (security_model) {
+                    qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "security_model", security_model,
+                                 &error_abort);
+                }
                 socket = qemu_opt_get(opts, "socket");
                 if (socket) {
                     qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "socket", socket, &error_abort);