diff --git a/util/aio-win32.c b/util/aio-win32.c
index 74d63fa21e6a2351840aa57177efbc80cb19928e..08e8f5615dae3f9adfa4f2f4cd9089991b2f68fa 100644
--- a/util/aio-win32.c
+++ b/util/aio-win32.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 struct AioHandler {
     EventNotifier *e;
@@ -70,10 +71,14 @@ void aio_set_fd_handler(AioContext *ctx,
                         IOHandler *io_poll_ready,
                         void *opaque)
 {
-    /* fd is a SOCKET in our case */
     AioHandler *old_node;
     AioHandler *node = NULL;
 
+    if (!fd_is_socket(fd)) {
+        error_report("fd=%d is not a socket, AIO implementation is missing", fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
     qemu_lockcnt_lock(&ctx->list_lock);
     QLIST_FOREACH(old_node, &ctx->aio_handlers, node) {
         if (old_node->pfd.fd == fd && !old_node->deleted) {