diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index daf96b445f..4342ec7286 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12937,7 +12937,7 @@ static char *qemuDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
     if (!(vm = qemuDomObjFromSnapshot(snapshot)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDescEnsureACL(snapshot->domain->conn, vm->def) < 0)
+    if (virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDescEnsureACL(snapshot->domain->conn, vm->def, flags) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(snap = qemuSnapObjFromSnapshot(vm, snapshot)))
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 7d02192227..3eb8e3a92b 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4170,6 +4170,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @priority: high
      * @acl: domain:read
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_GET_XML_DESC = 186,