diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index b15983a90e..5c1c8540c0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5564,7 +5564,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc(virConnectPtr conn, const char *path,
     if (fd < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def) < 0)
+    if (virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDescEnsureACL(conn, def, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = qemuDomainDefFormatXML(driver, def, flags);
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 9e909d14cf..873e41f732 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4628,6 +4628,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @priority: high
      * @acl: domain:read
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_SAVE_IMAGE_GET_XML_DESC = 235,