diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index b246602e..33f226e6 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -1036,11 +1036,17 @@ PVE::JSONSchema::register_format('pve-volume-id-or-qm-path', \&verify_volume_id_
 sub verify_volume_id_or_qm_path {
     my ($volid, $noerr) = @_;
 
-    if ($volid eq 'none' || $volid eq 'cdrom' || $volid =~ m|^/|) {
-	return $volid;
-    }
+    return $volid if $volid eq 'none' || $volid eq 'cdrom';
+
+    return verify_volume_id_or_absolute_path($volid, $noerr);
+}
+
+PVE::JSONSchema::register_format('pve-volume-id-or-absolute-path', \&verify_volume_id_or_absolute_path);
+sub verify_volume_id_or_absolute_path {
+    my ($volid, $noerr) = @_;
+
+    return $volid if $volid =~ m|^/|;
 
-    # if its neither 'none' nor 'cdrom' nor a path, check if its a volume-id
     $volid = eval { PVE::JSONSchema::check_format('pve-volume-id', $volid, '') };
     if ($@) {
 	return if $noerr;