diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index 2d790e2b2e..9a968477d7 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToJSONFakeSecrets(virStorageSource *src)
 
         srcpriv->encinfo[0]->alias = g_strdup_printf("%s-encalias",
                                                      NULLSTR(src->nodeformat));
+        srcpriv->enccount = 1;
     }
 
     return 0;