diff --git a/src/conf/domain_audit.c b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
index 0f3924a47b..196521144b 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_audit.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * domain_audit.c: Domain audit management
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel P. Berrange
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ virDomainAuditCgroupPath(virDomainObjPtr vm, virCgroupPtr cgroup,
     rdev = virDomainAuditGetRdev(path);
 
     if (!(detail = virAuditEncode("path", path)) ||
-        virAsprintf(&extra, "path path=%s rdev=%s acl=%s",
-                    path, VIR_AUDIT_STR(rdev), perms) < 0) {
+        virAsprintf(&extra, "path %s rdev=%s acl=%s",
+                    detail, VIR_AUDIT_STR(rdev), perms) < 0) {
         VIR_WARN("OOM while encoding audit message");
         goto cleanup;
     }