diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index b9e2127e9c3b52feaba2ac9d018513bd95784e0f..afd367bea65ecea0be5acd002be9075ff285bb43 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -5015,6 +5015,7 @@ remoteDomainSnapshotListAllChildren(virDomainSnapshotPtr parent,
 
     args.need_results = !!snapshots;
     args.flags = flags;
+    make_nonnull_domain_snapshot(&args.snapshot, parent);
 
     memset(&ret, 0, sizeof(ret));
     if (call (parent->domain->conn,