diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 35a6a3f69d..b36e0d9195 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -662,27 +662,37 @@ function vm_boot() {
         fi
         echo "             Just created, booting from ${iso}${img}"
         DISK_USED="no"
-    elif [ -e "${disk_img}" ] && [ -z "${VM_PID}" ]; then
-        # Check there isn't already a process attached to the disk image.
-        if ! ${QEMU_IMG} info "${disk_img}" >/dev/null; then
-            echo "             Failed to get \"write\" lock. Is another process using the disk?"
-            exit 1
+    elif [ -e "${disk_img}" ]; then
+        # If the VM is not running, check for disk related issues.
+        if [ -z "${VM_PID}" ]; then
+            # Check there isn't already a process attached to the disk image.
+            if ! ${QEMU_IMG} info "${disk_img}" >/dev/null; then
+                echo "             Failed to get \"write\" lock. Is another process using the disk?"
+                exit 1
+            fi
         else
-            # Only check disk image size if preallocation is off
-            if [ "${preallocation}" == "off" ]; then
-                DISK_CURR_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "${disk_img}")
-                if [ "${DISK_CURR_SIZE}" -le "${DISK_MIN_SIZE}" ]; then
-                    echo "             Looks unused, booting from ${iso}${img}"
-                    if [ -z "${iso}" ] && [ -z "${img}" ]; then
-                        echo "ERROR! You haven't specified a .iso or .img image to boot from."
-                        exit 1
-                    fi
-                else
-                    DISK_USED="yes"
+            if ! ${QEMU_IMG} check -q "${disk_img}"; then
+                echo "             Disk integrity check failed. Please run qemu-img check --help."
+                echo
+                "${QEMU_IMG}" check "${disk_img}"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        # Only check disk image size if preallocation is off
+        if [ "${preallocation}" == "off" ]; then
+            DISK_CURR_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "${disk_img}")
+            if [ "${DISK_CURR_SIZE}" -le "${DISK_MIN_SIZE}" ]; then
+                echo "             Looks unused, booting from ${iso}${img}"
+                if [ -z "${iso}" ] && [ -z "${img}" ]; then
+                    echo "ERROR! You haven't specified a .iso or .img image to boot from."
+                    exit 1
                 fi
             else
                 DISK_USED="yes"
             fi
+        else
+            DISK_USED="yes"
         fi
     fi