diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtils.java
index a0be36e..e883860 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtils.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             initFilterSet(nodeFilterSet, nodeFilters, patterns);
 
             // Set property path filters
-            PathFilterSet propertyFilterSet = new PathFilterSet("/");
+            PathFilterSet propertyFilterSet = new PathFilterSet(path);
             initFilterSet(propertyFilterSet, propertyFilters, new ArrayList<String>());
 
             filter.add(nodeFilterSet, propertyFilterSet);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtilsTest.java
index e2913c8..210a80e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/serialization/impl/vlt/VltUtilsTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         assertEquals(1, propFilterSet.size());
         PathFilterSet propFilter = propFilterSet.get(0);
         assertTrue(propFilter.getEntries().isEmpty());
-        assertEquals("/", propFilter.getRoot());
+        assertEquals("/foo", propFilter.getRoot());
 
         assertNotNull(filter.getFilterSets());
         List<PathFilterSet> nodeFilterSet = filter.getFilterSets();