diff --git a/src/security/security_selinux.c b/src/security/security_selinux.c
index da1f2dd45f..c6da6b03c0 100644
--- a/src/security/security_selinux.c
+++ b/src/security/security_selinux.c
@@ -2506,13 +2506,12 @@ virSecuritySELinuxGetSecurityMountOptions(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr,
     return opts;
 }
 
-static char *
-virSecuritySELinuxDomainSetDirLabel(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr,
+static int
+virSecuritySELinuxDomainSetDirLabel(virSecurityManagerPtr mgr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                     virDomainDefPtr def,
                                     const char *path)
 {
     virSecurityLabelDefPtr seclabel;
-    int ret = -1;
 
     seclabel = virDomainDefGetSecurityLabelDef(def, SECURITY_SELINUX_NAME);
     if (!seclabel || !seclabel->relabel)