diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index c3327478624a7b9834ae5bbd36c2fbe1111c5e1a..10c90b49672d335bedffea11204d16bab77ee35a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5458,7 +5458,7 @@ qemuProcessStart(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if ((rv = qemuProcessLaunch(conn, driver, vm, asyncJob, incoming,
                                 snapshot, vmop, flags)) < 0) {
-        if (rv == -1)
+        if (rv == -2)
             relabel = true;
         goto stop;
     }