diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index 6c23a0bab27dfe5fd8ec69e067b01b19dd351819..2bdce3b0bceb8a504195e5dbdc346cf925ff11c6 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ virLXCProcessBuildControllerCmd(virLXCDriverPtr driver,
                                 int *files,
                                 size_t nfiles,
                                 int handshakefd,
-                                int logfd,
+                                int * const logfd,
                                 const char *pidfile)
 {
     size_t i;
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ virLXCProcessBuildControllerCmd(virLXCDriverPtr driver,
     virCommandPassFD(cmd, handshakefd, 0);
     virCommandDaemonize(cmd);
     virCommandSetPidFile(cmd, pidfile);
-    virCommandSetOutputFD(cmd, &logfd);
-    virCommandSetErrorFD(cmd, &logfd);
+    virCommandSetOutputFD(cmd, logfd);
+    virCommandSetErrorFD(cmd, logfd);
     /* So we can pause before exec'ing the controller to
      * write the live domain status XML with the PID */
     virCommandRequireHandshake(cmd);
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ int virLXCProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
                                                 ttyFDs, nttyFDs,
                                                 files, nfiles,
                                                 handshakefds[1],
-                                                logfd,
+                                                &logfd,
                                                 pidfile)))
         goto cleanup;