diff --git a/cmdline/mingwapp.c b/cmdline/mingwapp.c
index 06e2cca8..01e9e543 100644
--- a/cmdline/mingwapp.c
+++ b/cmdline/mingwapp.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ int fssnapshot_create(const struct fssnapshot_struct* fss, const char* name)
 
 	const char* guid = out + 3;
 
+	/* do not jump to bail_and_delete if GUID is invalid because an unvalidated GUID cannot be safely used in a WMI query */
 	if (windows_guid_is_valid(guid, strlen(guid)) != 0) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		log_error(errno, "Invalid GUID received from VSS shadow copy creation: '%s'\n", guid);