diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c b/src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c
index a6d6a4bd84467a33411d86014128cec21e237869..67dff147be605aaaee6fc2ab6f0986f2b5308e8a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetdaemon.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ virNetDaemonAddServer(virNetDaemonPtr dmn, virNetServerPtr srv)
 
     virObjectLock(dmn);
 
-    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(dmn->servers, dmn->nservers, srv) < 0)
+    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT_COPY(dmn->servers, dmn->nservers, srv) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     virObjectRef(srv);