diff --git a/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c b/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
index 847d87e..2870fa8 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/genhomedircon.c
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ static semanage_list_t *get_home_dirs(genhomedircon_settings_t * s)
 		}
 		if (strcmp(pwbuf->pw_dir, "/") == 0)
 			continue;
+		if (strcmp(pwbuf->pw_dir, "/root") == 0)
+			continue;
 		if (semanage_str_count(pwbuf->pw_dir, '/') <= 1)
 			continue;
 		if (!(path = strdup(pwbuf->pw_dir))) {
@@ -829,6 +831,8 @@ static genhomedircon_user_entry_t *get_users(genhomedircon_settings_t * s,
 			 * /root */
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (strcmp(pwent->pw_dir, "/root") == 0)
+			continue;
 		if (push_user_entry(&head, name, seuname,
 				    prefix, pwent->pw_dir, level) != STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			*errors = STATUS_ERR;