diff --git a/src/conf/virdomainmomentobjlist.c b/src/conf/virdomainmomentobjlist.c
index b2122e7292..01e50ae1d4 100644
--- a/src/conf/virdomainmomentobjlist.c
+++ b/src/conf/virdomainmomentobjlist.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ virDomainMomentAssignDef(virDomainMomentObjListPtr moments,
     if (!(moment = virDomainMomentObjNew()))
         return NULL;
 
-    if (virHashAddEntry(moments->objs, moment->def->name, moment) < 0) {
+    if (virHashAddEntry(moments->objs, def->name, moment) < 0) {
         VIR_FREE(moment);
         return NULL;
     }