diff --git a/src/vz/vz_driver.c b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
index 5466c25c20..3d57144a43 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_driver.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_driver.c
@@ -2265,7 +2265,8 @@ vzDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot, unsigned int flags)
 
     virUUIDFormat(snapshot->domain->uuid, uuidstr);
 
-    xml = virDomainSnapshotDefFormat(uuidstr, snap->def, privconn->driver->caps,
+    xml = virDomainSnapshotDefFormat(uuidstr, virDomainSnapshotObjGetDef(snap),
+                                     privconn->driver->caps,
                                      privconn->driver->xmlopt,
                                      virDomainSnapshotFormatConvertXMLFlags(flags));