diff --git a/tools/virsh-util.c b/tools/virsh-util.c
index 8a20f627a1..3c4a084441 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-util.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-util.c
@@ -457,14 +457,11 @@ virshDumpXML(vshControl *ctl,
     }
 
     oldblanks = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
-    doc = virXMLParseString(xml, url);
+    doc = virXMLParseStringCtxt(xml, url, &ctxt);
     xmlKeepBlanksDefault(oldblanks);
     if (!doc)
         return false;
 
-    if (!(ctxt = virXMLXPathContextNew(doc)))
-        return false;
-
     if ((nnodes = virXPathNodeSet(xpath, ctxt, &nodes)) < 0) {
         return false;
     }