diff --git a/src/util/virlockspace.c b/src/util/virlockspace.c
index 7e8c0a74f6e4e1e70789773841c61114d51368de..99b61827a1774e109adfe4fd789903dbef149236 100644
--- a/src/util/virlockspace.c
+++ b/src/util/virlockspace.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ virLockSpacePtr virLockSpaceNewPostExecRestart(virJSONValuePtr object)
                 goto error;
             }
 
-            res->owners[res->nOwners-1] = (pid_t)owner;
+            res->owners[j] = (pid_t)owner;
         }
 
         if (virHashAddEntry(lockspace->resources, res->name, res) < 0) {