diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 33c5e4cee0..0386f28e0d 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -4308,6 +4308,13 @@ retry_transaction:
     libxl__xs_printf(gc, t, GCSPRINTF("%s/memory/target", dompath),
                      "%"PRIu64, new_target_memkb);
 
+    r = xc_domain_getinfolist(ctx->xch, domid, 1, &info);
+    if (r != 1 || info.domain != domid) {
+        abort_transaction = 1;
+        rc = ERROR_FAIL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     libxl_dominfo_init(&ptr);
     xcinfo2xlinfo(ctx, &info, &ptr);
     uuid = libxl__uuid2string(gc, ptr.uuid);