diff --git a/src/util/virstorageencryption.c b/src/util/virstorageencryption.c
index 74836d4a003e471d819eac99d443e7178459df32..6765fdc23ab73b73b7752f4edd3447082261de14 100644
--- a/src/util/virstorageencryption.c
+++ b/src/util/virstorageencryption.c
@@ -85,12 +85,10 @@ virStorageEncryptionFree(virStorageEncryptionPtr enc)
 static virStorageEncryptionSecretPtr
 virStorageEncryptionSecretCopy(const virStorageEncryptionSecret *src)
 {
-    virStorageEncryptionSecretPtr ret;
-
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(ret) < 0)
-        return NULL;
+    virStorageEncryptionSecretPtr ret = g_new0(virStorageEncryptionSecret, 1);
 
-    memcpy(ret, src, sizeof(*src));
+    ret->type = src->type;
+    virSecretLookupDefCopy(&ret->seclookupdef, &src->seclookupdef);
 
     return ret;
 }