diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 6f53264530..eac50e6347 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -4888,6 +4888,7 @@ remoteDomainListAllSnapshots(virDomainPtr dom,
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);
 
+    make_nonnull_domain(&args.dom, dom);
     args.need_results = !!snapshots;
     args.flags = flags;