diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index eea8fbdc6345cd43808f26700485793e2e4a9b33..71fee46f9ba0b20f401712c250df03c4a5a330fe 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ virSecuritySELinuxGenSecurityLabel(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr,
     }
 
     if (!seclabel->norelabel) {
-        seclabel->imagelabel = virSecuritySELinuxGenNewContext(data->domain_context,
+        seclabel->imagelabel = virSecuritySELinuxGenNewContext(data->file_context,
                                                                mcs,
                                                                true);
         if (!seclabel->imagelabel)  {