diff --git a/src/ch/ch_monitor.c b/src/ch/ch_monitor.c
index facbff002e..939fa13667 100644
--- a/src/ch/ch_monitor.c
+++ b/src/ch/ch_monitor.c
@@ -529,10 +529,11 @@ chMonitorCreateSocket(const char *socket_path)
 }
 
 virCHMonitor *
-virCHMonitorNew(virDomainObj *vm, const char *socketdir)
+virCHMonitorNew(virDomainObj *vm, virCHDriverConfig *cfg)
 {
     g_autoptr(virCHMonitor) mon = NULL;
     g_autoptr(virCommand) cmd = NULL;
+    const char *socketdir = cfg->stateDir;
     int socket_fd = 0;
 
     if (virCHMonitorInitialize() < 0)
diff --git a/src/ch/ch_monitor.h b/src/ch/ch_monitor.h
index 3e0befe5d0..ea6b2a771b 100644
--- a/src/ch/ch_monitor.h
+++ b/src/ch/ch_monitor.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct _virCHMonitor {
     virCHMonitorThreadInfo *threads;
 };
 
-virCHMonitor *virCHMonitorNew(virDomainObj *vm, const char *socketdir);
+virCHMonitor *virCHMonitorNew(virDomainObj *vm, virCHDriverConfig *cfg);
 void virCHMonitorClose(virCHMonitor *mon);
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(virCHMonitor, virCHMonitorClose);
 
diff --git a/src/ch/ch_process.c b/src/ch/ch_process.c
index 9914ca0e1c..3a15fded1e 100644
--- a/src/ch/ch_process.c
+++ b/src/ch/ch_process.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ virCHProcessConnectMonitor(virCHDriver *driver,
     virCHMonitor *monitor = NULL;
     virCHDriverConfig *cfg = virCHDriverGetConfig(driver);
 
-    monitor = virCHMonitorNew(vm, cfg->stateDir);
+    monitor = virCHMonitorNew(vm, cfg);
 
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return monitor;