diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index c9110f0360..bc6aae40e5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -14406,7 +14406,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
     if (!(vm = qemuDomObjFromSnapshot(snapshot)))
         return NULL;
 
-    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 15694fa158..c8162a5041 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -4489,6 +4489,7 @@ 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,