--- libvirt-4.4.0/src/util/virfirewall.c	2018-02-26 04:02:18.521310023 -0500
+++ libvirt-4.4.0-bsfc1/src/util/virfirewall.c	2018-09-19 10:45:37.342651290 -0400
@@ -910,14 +910,14 @@
 
     virMutexLock(&ruleLock);
 
-    if (currentBackend == VIR_FIREWALL_BACKEND_AUTOMATIC) {
+//    if (currentBackend == VIR_FIREWALL_BACKEND_AUTOMATIC) {
         /* a specific backend should have been set when the firewall
          * object was created. If not, it means none was found.
          */
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                       _("Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend"));
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
+//        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+//                       _("Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend"));
+//        goto cleanup;
+//    }
     if (!firewall || firewall->err == ENOMEM) {
         virReportOOMError();
         goto cleanup;