diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index 426167cb8c0119de22820e455816e50391367a6f..e2a6d441064577bbe4df42d04e1995a159830eea 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -873,8 +873,7 @@ libxlStateInitialize(bool privileged,
     }
 
     /* read the host sysinfo */
-    if (privileged)
-        libxl_driver->hostsysinfo = virSysinfoRead();
+    libxl_driver->hostsysinfo = virSysinfoRead();
 
     libxl_driver->domainEventState = virDomainEventStateNew();
     if (!libxl_driver->domainEventState)