diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index f8182033fc486a249382859d2836d0bc7844f7a1..9671a46f125d9277308ba68deae64ecb12456667 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -486,16 +486,13 @@ qemuTestSetHostCPU(virCapsPtr caps,
 
 
 virQEMUCapsPtr
-qemuTestParseCapabilities(virCapsPtr caps,
-                          const char *capsFile)
+qemuTestParseCapabilitiesArch(virArch arch,
+                              const char *capsFile)
 {
     virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps = NULL;
 
-    if (!caps)
-        return NULL;
-
     if (!(qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsNew()) ||
-        virQEMUCapsLoadCache(caps->host.arch, qemuCaps, capsFile) < 0)
+        virQEMUCapsLoadCache(arch, qemuCaps, capsFile) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     return qemuCaps;
@@ -505,6 +502,18 @@ qemuTestParseCapabilities(virCapsPtr caps,
     return NULL;
 }
 
+
+virQEMUCapsPtr
+qemuTestParseCapabilities(virCapsPtr caps,
+                          const char *capsFile)
+{
+    if (!caps)
+        return NULL;
+
+    return qemuTestParseCapabilitiesArch(caps->host.arch, capsFile);
+}
+
+
 void qemuTestDriverFree(virQEMUDriver *driver)
 {
     virMutexDestroy(&driver->lock);
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.h b/tests/testutilsqemu.h
index f29c6e5d621b00a2b2654dc1eb8a62d3cae66572..7ae8324933d72e11dff36c28c1666e366aabe701 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.h
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ enum {
 virCapsPtr testQemuCapsInit(void);
 virDomainXMLOptionPtr testQemuXMLConfInit(void);
 
+
+virQEMUCapsPtr qemuTestParseCapabilitiesArch(virArch arch,
+                                             const char *capsFile);
 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuTestParseCapabilities(virCapsPtr caps,
                                          const char *capsFile);