diff --git a/src/security/security_apparmor.c b/src/security/security_apparmor.c
index bce797de7c..6fd0aedacf 100644
--- a/src/security/security_apparmor.c
+++ b/src/security/security_apparmor.c
@@ -159,13 +159,17 @@ load_profile(virSecurityManager *mgr G_GNUC_UNUSED,
              bool append)
 {
     bool create = true;
+    g_auto(virBuffer) buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     g_autofree char *xml = NULL;
     g_autoptr(virCommand) cmd = NULL;
 
-    xml = virDomainDefFormat(def, NULL, VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_FORMAT_SECURE);
-    if (!xml)
+    if (virDomainDefFormatInternal(def, NULL, &buf,
+                                   VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_FORMAT_SECURE |
+                                   VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_FORMAT_VOLUME_TRANSLATED) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    xml = virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
+
     if (profile_status_file(profile) >= 0)
         create = false;
 
diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 0855eb68ca..be13979cef 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ get_definition(vahControl * ctl, const char *xmlStr)
     ctl->def = virDomainDefParseString(xmlStr,
                                        ctl->xmlopt, NULL,
                                        VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_SKIP_SECLABEL |
-                                       VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_SKIP_VALIDATE);
+                                       VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_SKIP_VALIDATE |
+                                       VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_VOLUME_TRANSLATED);
 
     if (ctl->def == NULL) {
         vah_error(ctl, 0, _("could not parse XML"));