diff --git a/gnu/services/docker.scm b/gnu/services/docker.scm
index ebea0a473a..72ef7d74db 100644
--- a/gnu/services/docker.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/docker.scm
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ (define oci-container-configuration->options
           (network
            (oci-container-configuration-network config))
           (user
-           (oci-container-configuration-user config))
+           (oci-container-configuration-container-user config))
           (workdir
            (oci-container-configuration-workdir config)))
       (apply append