diff --git a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
index 9dcbd36..f87b8c9 100644
--- a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
+++ b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
@@ -43,11 +43,17 @@ done
 # create snapshot dataset
 zfs create tank/snapshots/$VM
 
-virsh snapshot-create-as --domain $VM --name $SNAPNAME --quiesce --atomic --disk-only $DISKSPEC > /dev/null
+virsh snapshot-create-as --domain $VM --name $SNAPNAME --quiesce --atomic --disk-only $DISKSPEC >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then
-    echo "VM snapshot creation failed" >&2
-    exit 1
+    virsh snapshot-create-as --domain $VM --name $SNAPNAME --disk-only $DISKSPEC >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        echo "VM snapshot creation failed" >&2
+        exit 1
+    else
+	echo "Snapshot created without --quiesce"
+    fi
 fi
 
 zfs snapshot "$SRCZFS"@"$SNAPNAME"