diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index f3690a4cb148d81e59987d4a06a197c06b624d96..5cdb839c13fc06de579f64b74795ede613a8c1c4 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ virSecuritySELinuxRecallLabel(const char *path,
                                       path, con) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (!con)
+    if (!*con)
         return 1;
 
     return 0;