diff --git a/keyring/backends/libsecret.py b/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
index 9142fd3e..51d7f630 100644
--- a/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
+++ b/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Keyring(KeyringBackend):
                 "username": Secret.SchemaAttributeType.STRING,
             },
         )
+        collection = Secret.COLLECTION_DEFAULT
 
     @properties.ClassProperty
     @classmethod
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ def get_password(self, service, username):
 
     def set_password(self, service, username, password):
         """Set password for the username of the service"""
-        collection = Secret.COLLECTION_DEFAULT
         attributes = {
             "application": self.appid,
             "service": service,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def set_password(self, service, username, password):
         label = "Password for '{}' on '{}'".format(username, service)
         try:
             stored = Secret.password_store_sync(
-                self.schema, attributes, collection, label, password, None
+                self.schema, attributes, self.collection, label, password, None
             )
         except GLib.Error as error:
             quark = GLib.quark_try_string('secret-error')
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py b/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
index 9b8a633a..50fc2b84 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def init_keyring(self):
             "password prompts are for this keyring"
         )
         keyring = libsecret.Keyring()
+        keyring.collection = 'session'
         return keyring