diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
index 51a654a8504f3c890ca3f6fea35d030b5fbb9b8b..f2635865a439ac59bc785ce9c77568ed2c7a7fc2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
@@ -451,17 +451,26 @@ qemuAssignDeviceAliases(virDomainDefPtr def, virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
 }
 
 
+/* qemuAliasFromDisk
+ * @disk: Pointer to a disk definition
+ *
+ * Generate and return an alias for the device disk '-drive'
+ *
+ * Returns NULL with error or a string containing the alias
+ */
 char *
 qemuAliasFromDisk(const virDomainDiskDef *disk)
 {
     char *ret;
 
     if (!disk->info.alias) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, "%s", _("disk does not have an alias"));
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, "%s",
+                       _("disk does not have an alias"));
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    ignore_value(virAsprintf(&ret, "drive-%s", disk->info.alias));
+    ignore_value(virAsprintf(&ret, "%s%s", QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX,
+                             disk->info.alias));
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.h b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.h
index d1c6ba82b8d87ca6c733e630a7713b7c781e1e52..5202f734c99d8d07081d9a6d0fb259f9068e2a62 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 # include "qemu_domain.h"
 # include "qemu_domain_address.h"
 
+# define QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX "drive-"
+
 int qemuAssignDeviceChrAlias(virDomainDefPtr def,
                              virDomainChrDefPtr chr,
                              ssize_t idx);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 526b54c00ad84d4b80285330c26540710d40e914..137eb735a0ba6acd0bcbf9f7209d2d3febe33be3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -274,17 +274,6 @@ qemuVirCommandGetDevSet(virCommandPtr cmd, int fd)
 }
 
 
-char *qemuDeviceDriveHostAlias(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
-{
-    char *ret;
-
-    if (virAsprintf(&ret, "%s%s",
-                    QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX, disk->info.alias) < 0)
-        return NULL;
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 static int
 qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(virBufferPtr buf,
                           const virDomainDef *domainDef,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index c4d056703682537b170d01ee46de65f311e09a00..dcf9ba63382a6adedfddcb1578f54cd0d9fa1216 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 /* Config type for XML import/export conversions */
 # define QEMU_CONFIG_FORMAT_ARGV "qemu-argv"
 
-# define QEMU_DRIVE_HOST_PREFIX "drive-"
 # define QEMU_FSDEV_HOST_PREFIX "fsdev-"
 
 # define QEMU_BLOCK_IOTUNE_MAX 1000000000000000LL
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index fd365def7abd9a3402750ca3fe0b3cf9084ac920..356741fd32777d2050fa2a447874c9f59e944b98 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ qemuDomainChangeEjectableMedia(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (qemuDomainPrepareDisk(driver, vm, disk, newsrc, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(driveAlias = qemuDeviceDriveHostAlias(disk)))
+    if (!(driveAlias = qemuAliasFromDisk(disk)))
         goto error;
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachVirtioDiskDevice(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (!(drivestr = qemuBuildDriveStr(disk, false, priv->qemuCaps)))
         goto error;
 
-    if (!(drivealias = qemuDeviceDriveHostAlias(disk)))
+    if (!(drivealias = qemuAliasFromDisk(disk)))
         goto error;
 
     if (!(devstr = qemuBuildDriveDevStr(vm->def, disk, 0, priv->qemuCaps)))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 463e6247331cb8e999b2f53931f4142875c3ae93..04c847e86df570ce1c72d483ab80931d491957db 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "qemu_domain.h"
 #include "qemu_process.h"
 #include "qemu_capabilities.h"
-#include "qemu_command.h"
+#include "qemu_alias.h"
 #include "qemu_cgroup.h"
 #include "qemu_hotplug.h"
 #include "qemu_blockjob.h"
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index a415e593e4265c20c32d8ad5dc2767503cf037df..299526458b2a8a553b0059eb2dad11177c52e541 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu_monitor_text.h"
 #include "qemu_monitor_json.h"
-#include "qemu_command.h"
+#include "qemu_alias.h"
 #include "qemu_parse_command.h"
 #include "qemu_capabilities.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index 00310d94a1351ac1cf9a4dec1695a3226287baa6..cf2979dab4c6d1f08153b0bececd710e85e4e424 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "qemu_monitor_text.h"
-#include "qemu_command.h"
+#include "qemu_alias.h"
 #include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "c-strcasestr.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"