diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
index 19c4100d5e0dd7ac7cc7a106720aa50d2c9497ca..0b9ab52fe185c71f653ad254acf70d60ea202cf9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ virNetServerClientCreateIdentity(virNetServerClientPtr client)
             goto cleanup;
         if (!(groupname = virGetGroupName(gid)))
             goto cleanup;
-        if (virAsprintf(&userid, "%d", (int)gid) < 0)
+        if (virAsprintf(&groupid, "%d", (int)gid) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
         if (virAsprintf(&processid, "%llu",
                         (unsigned long long)pid) < 0)