diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 6949ecedc1..81836e5d4f 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -9948,16 +9948,17 @@ virSecurityLabelDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf, virSecurityLabelDefPtr def)
 
     virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<seclabel type='%s'",
                       sectype);
-    virBufferEscapeString(buf, " model='%s'", def->model);
-
-    virBufferAsprintf(buf, " relabel='%s'",
-                      def->norelabel ? "no" : "yes");
 
     if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_SECLABEL_NONE) {
         virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n");
         return;
     }
 
+    virBufferEscapeString(buf, " model='%s'", def->model);
+
+    virBufferAsprintf(buf, " relabel='%s'",
+                      def->norelabel ? "no" : "yes");
+
     if (def->label || def->imagelabel || def->baselabel) {
         virBufferAddLit(buf, ">\n");
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.xml
index 1ef97ce1d8..9def692132 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-seclabel-none.xml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
     <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
     <memballoon model='virtio'/>
   </devices>
-  <seclabel type='none' relabel='no'/>
+  <seclabel type='none'/>
 </domain>