diff -up libvirt-0.6.2/src/security_selinux.c.unnecessary-setfilecon libvirt-0.6.2/src/security_selinux.c
--- libvirt-0.6.2/src/security_selinux.c.unnecessary-setfilecon	2009-06-23 10:23:59.969448493 +0100
+++ libvirt-0.6.2/src/security_selinux.c	2009-06-23 10:59:27.895447757 +0100
@@ -280,10 +280,19 @@ static int
 SELinuxSetFilecon(virConnectPtr conn, const char *path, char *tcon)
 {
     char ebuf[1024];
+    security_context_t econ;
 
     VIR_INFO("Setting SELinux context on '%s' to '%s'", path, tcon);
 
     if(setfilecon(path, tcon) < 0) {
+	if (getfilecon(path, &econ) >= 0) {
+	    if (!strcmp(tcon, econ)) {
+		freecon(econ);
+		/* It's alright, there's nothing to change anyway. */
+		return 0;
+	    }
+	    freecon(econ);
+	}
         virSecurityReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_ERROR,
                                _("%s: unable to set security context "
                                  "'\%s\' on %s: %s."), __func__,