diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 9afec732cee15d337338c013b80788fdc8f79e21..1a42cbe54262a56e20f1dfe1b2a7606ecab51921 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5552,7 +5552,7 @@ 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 fef559b077797ba9b1f326fc2c5f9220e90a5c8e..3837ed35bd56bd1e13f580bcb3770eb2977ff96d 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4621,6 +4621,7 @@ 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,