diff --git a/libselinux/src/label_file.c b/libselinux/src/label_file.c
index c220fbf9..1b6b8124 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/label_file.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/label_file.c
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ static struct selabel_lookup_rec *lookup(struct selabel_handle *rec,
 			if (compile_regex(data, spec, NULL) < 0)
 				goto finish;
 			if (spec->stem_id == -1)
-				rc = pcre_exec(spec->regex, spec->sd, key, strlen(key), 0, 0, NULL, 0);
+				rc = pcre_exec(spec->regex, get_pcre_extra(spec), key, strlen(key), 0, 0, NULL, 0);
 			else
-				rc = pcre_exec(spec->regex, spec->sd, buf, strlen(buf), 0, 0, NULL, 0);
+				rc = pcre_exec(spec->regex, get_pcre_extra(spec), buf, strlen(buf), 0, 0, NULL, 0);
 
 			if (rc == 0) {
 				spec->matches++;
diff --git a/libselinux/src/label_file.h b/libselinux/src/label_file.h
index 8e78b25d..b2e463b6 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/label_file.h
+++ b/libselinux/src/label_file.h
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ struct saved_data {
 	int alloc_stems;
 };
 
+static inline pcre_extra *get_pcre_extra(struct spec *spec)
+{
+	return spec->sd;
+}
+
 static inline mode_t string_to_mode(char *mode)
 {
 	size_t len;