diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 7944dc1983..d1518eab39 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "virrandom.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virgettext.h"
+#include "virhostdev.h"
 
 #include "storage/storage_source.h"
 
@@ -1069,6 +1070,9 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl)
                 if (usb == NULL)
                     continue;
 
+                if (virHostdevFindUSBDevice(dev, true, &usb) < 0)
+                    continue;
+
                 rc = virUSBDeviceFileIterate(usb, file_iterate_hostdev_cb, &buf);
                 virUSBDeviceFree(usb);
                 if (rc != 0)