diff --git a/qa/qa_instance.py b/qa/qa_instance.py
index 132c6d4da42b2832aa3971d2982ef9fb5a618a22..29050ea6efb1eca0fd7e1e7bd6840108912e6fbc 100644
--- a/qa/qa_instance.py
+++ b/qa/qa_instance.py
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ def _TestInstanceDiskFailure(instance, node, node2, onmaster):
   cmd = ['gnt-instance', 'startup', instance['name']]
   AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'], sq(cmd)).wait(), 0)
 
+  # Verify that aliases have not been broken
+  cmd = ['gnt-instance', 'stop', instance['name']]
+  AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'], sq(cmd)).wait(), 0)
+
+  cmd = ['gnt-instance', 'start', instance['name']]
+  AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'], sq(cmd)).wait(), 0)
+
   cmd = ['gnt-cluster', 'verify']
   AssertEqual(StartSSH(master['primary'], sq(cmd)).wait(), 0)