diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.c b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
index 314ab0999320..5ae0fbfb80b8 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login_class.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
@@ -621,6 +621,8 @@ setusercontext(login_cap_t *lc, const struct passwd *pwd, uid_t uid, unsigned in
      */
     if (geteuid() == uid && (lc = login_getuserclass(pwd)) != NULL) {
 	setlogincontext(lc, pwd, flags);
+	if (flags & LOGIN_SETPRIORITY)
+	    setclasspriority(lc, pwd);
 	login_close(lc);
     }