diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtRestoreBackupCommandWrapperTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtRestoreBackupCommandWrapperTest.java
index ef6b5c08189..fd8a3b02e0a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtRestoreBackupCommandWrapperTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtRestoreBackupCommandWrapperTest.java
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ public class LibvirtRestoreBackupCommandWrapperTest {
                                 return 0; // File exists
                             } else if (command.contains("qemu-img check")) {
                                 return 0; // File is valid
+                            } else if (command.contains("qemu-img info") && command.contains("backing-filename")) {
+                                return 1; // No backing chain — exercise the rsync path (full backups)
                             }
                             return 0; // Other commands success
                         });