diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index 92267e8fc81a3ba8998604d2cd4b3a4044344d8e..f229b5139ac0c7f69b2486bc8d3535eca8063899 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ virSecuritySELinuxSetFileconHelper(const char *path, const char *tcon,
 
     VIR_INFO("Setting SELinux context on '%s' to '%s'", path, tcon);
 
-    if (setfilecon_raw(path, tcon) < 0) {
+    if (setfilecon_raw(path, (VIR_SELINUX_CTX_CONST char *) tcon) < 0) {
         int setfilecon_errno = errno;
 
         if (getfilecon_raw(path, &econ) >= 0) {