diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index e9d2848302b98107075d9e8f0be41fd7cfffd00c..38b632e355da113756126e58797e3bec65595e79 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,9 @@ static int virLXCControllerSetupDisk(virLXCControllerPtr ctrl,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (virLXCControllerChown(ctrl, dst) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     /* Labelling normally operates on src, but we need
      * to actally label the dst here, so hack the config */
     def->src = dst;