diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 81efc7b4c8bc42eb6582a923f61d9443d42891ed..a93ad85f5ca523227948e15b2dcd8afcae4e5d5f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5689,7 +5689,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc(virConnectPtr conn, const char *path,
     if (fd < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
+    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = qemuDomainDefFormatXML(driver, def, flags);
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index a5f92ae1715bcc3d030f4055e6cb2e9dcf6ee0a6..91d6711cce84002902e88a097426af3bdbed3bf1 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4747,6 +4747,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @priority: high
      * @acl: domain:read
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_SAVE_IMAGE_GET_XML_DESC = 235,