diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 82ccf4dc1826afd7f6b8f1944d52c4c4aa3a01c9..c02d6f850208a29a21e5367834dd8dbb2b0bf886 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -3179,6 +3179,7 @@ error:
         virSecurityLabelDefFree(def->seclabels[i - 1]);
     }
     VIR_FREE(def->seclabels);
+    def->nseclabels = 0;
     VIR_FREE(list);
     return -1;
 }