diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index e4ef1e256c..d267d5acd0 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ virSecuritySELinuxSetSecurityChardevLabel(virDomainDefPtr def,
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_UNIX:
         if (!dev_source->data.nix.listen) {
-            if (virSecuritySELinuxSetFilecon(dev_source->data.file.path,
+            if (virSecuritySELinuxSetFilecon(dev_source->data.nix.path,
                                              imagelabel) < 0)
                 goto done;
         }