diff --git a/libuuid/src/gen_uuid.c b/libuuid/src/gen_uuid.c
index 1ccd4e15ef3..fca7e96e258 100644
--- a/libuuid/src/gen_uuid.c
+++ b/libuuid/src/gen_uuid.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static void __uuid_set_variant_and_version(uuid_t uuid, int version)
 {
 	uuid[6] = (uuid[6] & UUID_TYPE_MASK) | version << UUID_TYPE_SHIFT;
 	/* only DCE is supported */
-	uuid[8] = (uuid[10] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
+	uuid[8] = (uuid[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
 }
 
 /*