diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 13e77eedcd..d89b032ac0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5931,6 +5931,7 @@ static void
 qemuDomainGetImageIds(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                       virDomainObjPtr vm,
                       virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                      virStorageSourcePtr parentSrc,
                       uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid)
 {
     virSecurityLabelDefPtr vmlabel;
@@ -5953,6 +5954,11 @@ qemuDomainGetImageIds(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
         vmlabel->label)
         virParseOwnershipIds(vmlabel->label, uid, gid);
 
+    if (parentSrc &&
+        (disklabel = virStorageSourceGetSecurityLabelDef(parentSrc, "dac")) &&
+        disklabel->label)
+        virParseOwnershipIds(disklabel->label, uid, gid);
+
     if ((disklabel = virStorageSourceGetSecurityLabelDef(src, "dac")) &&
         disklabel->label)
         virParseOwnershipIds(disklabel->label, uid, gid);
@@ -5962,14 +5968,15 @@ qemuDomainGetImageIds(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
 int
 qemuDomainStorageFileInit(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                           virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                          virStorageSourcePtr src)
+                          virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                          virStorageSourcePtr parent)
 {
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     uid_t uid;
     gid_t gid;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    qemuDomainGetImageIds(cfg, vm, src, &uid, &gid);
+    qemuDomainGetImageIds(cfg, vm, src, parent, &uid, &gid);
 
     if (virStorageFileInitAs(src, uid, gid) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -6019,7 +6026,7 @@ qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    qemuDomainGetImageIds(cfg, vm, disk->src, &uid, &gid);
+    qemuDomainGetImageIds(cfg, vm, disk->src, NULL, &uid, &gid);
 
     if (virStorageFileGetMetadata(disk->src,
                                   uid, gid,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index ff5328277c..5c4c6a0a0a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@ bool qemuDomainDiskChangeSupported(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
 
 int qemuDomainStorageFileInit(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                              virStorageSourcePtr src);
+                              virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                              virStorageSourcePtr parent);
 char *qemuDomainStorageAlias(const char *device, int depth);
 
 void qemuDomainDiskChainElementRevoke(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 1dff53441b..6c5ec5f558 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -11520,7 +11520,7 @@ qemuDomainBlockPeek(virDomainPtr dom,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, disk->src) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, disk->src, NULL) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if ((nread = virStorageFileRead(disk->src, offset, size, &tmpbuf)) < 0)
@@ -14437,7 +14437,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotDiskDataCollect(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (virStorageSourceInitChainElement(dd->src, dd->disk->src, false) < 0)
             goto error;
 
-        if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, dd->src) < 0)
+        if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, dd->src, NULL) < 0)
             goto error;
 
         dd->initialized = true;
@@ -17112,7 +17112,7 @@ qemuDomainBlockCopyCommon(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         goto endjob;
     }
 
-    if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, mirror) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, mirror, NULL) < 0)
         goto endjob;
 
     if (qemuDomainBlockCopyValidateMirror(mirror, disk->dst, &reuse) < 0)