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diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index 0f936c0ab7..30302c71b0 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -2052,6 +2052,12 @@ static void device_disk_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t domid,
libxl_ctx *ctx = gc->owner;
xs_transaction_t t = XBT_NULL;
+ libxl_domain_type type = libxl__domain_type(gc, domid);
+ if (type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_INVALID) {
+ rc = ERROR_FAIL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
for (;;) {
rc = libxl__xs_transaction_start(gc, &t);
if (rc) goto out;
@@ -2170,6 +2176,23 @@ static void device_disk_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t domid,
flexarray_append(front, "device-type");
flexarray_append(front, disk->is_cdrom ? "cdrom" : "disk");
+ /*
+ * Old PV kernel disk frontends before 2.6.26 rely on tool stack to
+ * write disk native protocol to frontend node. Xend does this, port
+ * this behaviour to xl.
+ *
+ * New kernels write this node themselves. In that case it just
+ * overwrites an existing node which is OK.
+ */
+ if (type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_PV) {
+ const char *protocol =
+ xc_domain_get_native_protocol(ctx->xch, domid);
+ if (protocol) {
+ flexarray_append(front, "protocol");
+ flexarray_append(front, libxl__strdup(gc, protocol));
+ }
+ }
+
libxl__device_generic_add(gc, t, device,
libxl__xs_kvs_of_flexarray(gc, back, back->count),
libxl__xs_kvs_of_flexarray(gc, front, front->count));