diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index a18b214a253e99b206e9bba285dcc41bcb714b93..1fb9049c968ecc87929b1463081a57b934e1fb8f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -1658,11 +1658,6 @@ static int lxcContainerUnmountForSharedRoot(const char *stateDir,
     /* Some versions of Linux kernel don't let you overmount
      * the selinux filesystem, so make sure we kill it first
      */
-    /* Filed coverity bug for false positive 'USE_AFTER_FREE' due to swap
-     * of root->src with root->dst and the VIR_FREE(root->src) prior to the
-     * reset of root->src in lxcContainerPrepareRoot()
-     */
-    /* coverity[deref_arg] */
     if (lxcContainerUnmountSubtree(SELINUX_MOUNT, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 #endif