diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 7d375e5fb6..c76b87223d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2381,7 +2381,8 @@ qemuDomainGetImageIds(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
     if (vm && (vmlabel = virDomainDefGetSecurityLabelDef(vm->def, "dac")))
         virParseOwnershipIds(vmlabel->label, uid, gid);
 
-    if ((disklabel = virDomainDiskDefGetSecurityLabelDef(disk, "dac")))
+    if ((disklabel = virDomainDiskDefGetSecurityLabelDef(disk, "dac")) &&
+        disklabel->label)
         virParseOwnershipIds(disklabel->label, uid, gid);
 }