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diff --git a/sparsify/sparsify.ml b/sparsify/sparsify.ml
index 8d23b405..a1382e63 100644
--- a/sparsify/sparsify.ml
+++ b/sparsify/sparsify.ml
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ read the man page virt-sparsify(1).
| _ ->
error "usage is: %s [--options] indisk outdisk" prog in
+ (* Simple-minded check that the user isn't trying to use the
+ * same disk for input and output.
+ *)
+ if indisk = outdisk then
+ error "you cannot use the same disk image for input and output";
+
(* The input disk must be an absolute path, so we can store the name
* in the overlay disk.
*)