diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 2f83626127..d1dc2b8051 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9310,7 +9310,8 @@ static int qemuDomainGetBlockInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
         format = disk->format;
     } else {
         if (driver->allowDiskFormatProbing) {
-            if ((format = virStorageFileProbeFormat(disk->src)) < 0)
+            if ((format = virStorageFileProbeFormat(disk->src, driver->user,
+                                                    driver->group)) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
         } else {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index cecc2d2bcc..30e203ca37 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ virStorageBackendProbeTarget(virStorageVolTargetPtr target,
         meta->backingStore = NULL;
         if (meta->backingStoreFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO &&
             meta->backingStoreIsFile) {
-            if ((ret = virStorageFileProbeFormat(*backingStore)) < 0) {
+            if ((ret = virStorageFileProbeFormat(*backingStore, -1, -1)) < 0) {
                 /* If the backing file is currently unavailable, only log an error,
                  * but continue. Returning -1 here would disable the whole storage
                  * pool, making it unavailable for even maintenance. */
diff --git a/src/util/storage_file.c b/src/util/storage_file.c
index 882df6ef11..e0b41781b0 100644
--- a/src/util/storage_file.c
+++ b/src/util/storage_file.c
@@ -830,11 +830,11 @@ cleanup:
  * Best option: Don't use this function
  */
 int
-virStorageFileProbeFormat(const char *path)
+virStorageFileProbeFormat(const char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 {
     int fd, ret;
 
-    if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
+    if ((fd = virFileOpenAs(path, O_RDONLY, 0, uid, gid, 0)) < 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno, _("cannot open file '%s'"), path);
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/storage_file.h b/src/util/storage_file.h
index 9b00dba28c..abfaca96bc 100644
--- a/src/util/storage_file.h
+++ b/src/util/storage_file.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct _virStorageFileMetadata {
 #  define DEV_BSIZE 512
 # endif
 
-int virStorageFileProbeFormat(const char *path);
+int virStorageFileProbeFormat(const char *path, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
 int virStorageFileProbeFormatFromFD(const char *path,
                                     int fd);