diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index bcb9793019f4501c4ab3c375de022c8e8406ccdd..4da2a44421d49028d2710f6f3b86eb9d988083ab 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -3378,6 +3378,9 @@ lxcDomainAttachDeviceHostdevSubsysUSBLive(virLXCDriverPtr driver,
 
     mode = 0700 | S_IFCHR;
 
+    if (VIR_REALLOC_N(vm->def->hostdevs, vm->def->nhostdevs + 1) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     if (virFileMakePath(dstdir) < 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno,
                              _("Unable to create %s"), dstdir);
@@ -3406,6 +3409,8 @@ lxcDomainAttachDeviceHostdevSubsysUSBLive(virLXCDriverPtr driver,
                                 priv->cgroup) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    vm->def->hostdevs[vm->def->nhostdevs++] = def;
+
     ret = 0;
 
 cleanup: