diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.c b/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.c
index 7452527f49..d380b0cf22 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ virNetDevOpenvswitchInterfaceStats(const char *ifname,
 int
 virNetDevOpenvswitchInterfaceGetMaster(const char *ifname, char **master)
 {
-    virCommandPtr cmd = virNetDevOpenvswitchCreateCmd();
+    g_autoptr(virCommand) cmd = virNetDevOpenvswitchCreateCmd();
     int exitstatus;
 
     *master = NULL;