diff --git a/snapshot/policy_manager.go b/snapshot/policy_manager.go
index 61b6405a8..44ba085e5 100644
--- a/snapshot/policy_manager.go
+++ b/snapshot/policy_manager.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (m *PolicyManager) GetEffectivePolicy(si SourceInfo) (*Policy, error) {
 	md = append(md, m.repository.Manifests.Find(labelsForSource(SourceInfo{Host: si.Host}))...)
 
 	// Global policy.
-	md = append(md, m.repository.Manifests.Find(labelsForSource(SourceInfo{}))...)
+	md = append(md, m.repository.Manifests.Find(labelsForSource(GlobalPolicySourceInfo))...)
 
 	var policies []*Policy
 	for _, em := range md {
diff --git a/snapshot/source.go b/snapshot/source.go
index af8747000..8901ab43c 100644
--- a/snapshot/source.go
+++ b/snapshot/source.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (ssi SourceInfo) String() string {
 // or may be 'username@host:path' where path, username and host are not processed.
 func ParseSourceInfo(path string, hostname string, username string) (SourceInfo, error) {
 	if path == "(global)" {
-		return SourceInfo{}, nil
+		return GlobalPolicySourceInfo, nil
 	}
 
 	p1 := strings.Index(path, "@")