diff --git a/src/conf/cpu_conf.c b/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
index 28fbeade6aec14cf377ef3d444c068c676a9a855..49236186e67bf0f6f1542af1eac5594f4d034afc 100644
--- a/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virCPUFeaturePolicy, VIR_CPU_FEATURE_LAST,
               "disable",
               "forbid")
 
-VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virMemAccess, VIR_MEM_ACCESS_LAST,
-              "default",
-              "shared",
-              "private")
-
-
 void ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
 virCPUDefFreeModel(virCPUDefPtr def)
 {
diff --git a/src/conf/cpu_conf.h b/src/conf/cpu_conf.h
index d6efba71f7b82dd4cc9ec94bf95cf31d5ee1ead3..01633840f9008343cf8938edd95c30692155319b 100644
--- a/src/conf/cpu_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/cpu_conf.h
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virCPUFeaturePolicy)
 
-typedef enum {
-    VIR_MEM_ACCESS_DEFAULT,
-    VIR_MEM_ACCESS_SHARED,
-    VIR_MEM_ACCESS_PRIVATE,
-
-    VIR_MEM_ACCESS_LAST,
-} virMemAccess;
-
-VIR_ENUM_DECL(virMemAccess)
-
 typedef struct _virCPUFeatureDef virCPUFeatureDef;
 typedef virCPUFeatureDef *virCPUFeatureDefPtr;
 struct _virCPUFeatureDef {
@@ -105,7 +95,7 @@ typedef virCellDef *virCellDefPtr;
 struct _virCellDef {
     virBitmapPtr cpumask; /* CPUs that are part of this node */
     unsigned long long mem;     /* Node memory in kB */
-    virMemAccess memAccess;
+    int memAccess; /* virNumaMemAccess */
 };
 
 typedef struct _virCPUDef virCPUDef;
diff --git a/src/conf/numa_conf.c b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
index 75418ae777b7ce727ad0ab563f5b54078dfbc76c..dfd260637db14d827b4246b1541ec101f3fc4c87 100644
--- a/src/conf/numa_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainNumatunePlacement,
               "static",
               "auto");
 
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virNumaMemAccess, VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_LAST,
+              "default",
+              "shared",
+              "private");
+
 typedef struct _virDomainNumaNode virDomainNumaNode;
 typedef virDomainNumaNode *virDomainNumaNodePtr;
 
@@ -757,7 +762,7 @@ virDomainNumaDefCPUParseXML(virCPUDefPtr def,
             goto cleanup;
 
         if ((tmp = virXMLPropString(nodes[i], "memAccess"))) {
-            if ((rc = virMemAccessTypeFromString(tmp)) <= 0) {
+            if ((rc = virNumaMemAccessTypeFromString(tmp)) <= 0) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                                _("Invalid 'memAccess' attribute value '%s'"),
                                tmp);
@@ -783,7 +788,7 @@ int
 virDomainNumaDefCPUFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
                           virCPUDefPtr def)
 {
-    virMemAccess memAccess;
+    virNumaMemAccess memAccess;
     char *cpustr;
     size_t i;
 
@@ -805,7 +810,7 @@ virDomainNumaDefCPUFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
         virBufferAddLit(buf, " unit='KiB'");
         if (memAccess)
             virBufferAsprintf(buf, " memAccess='%s'",
-                              virMemAccessTypeToString(memAccess));
+                              virNumaMemAccessTypeToString(memAccess));
         virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n");
         VIR_FREE(cpustr);
     }
diff --git a/src/conf/numa_conf.h b/src/conf/numa_conf.h
index ec7760f07196b137c793d97796c2204dcedeea97..107c83f5c4371eb4324a647c7d2407e62a1db5b0 100644
--- a/src/conf/numa_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/numa_conf.h
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ typedef enum {
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainNumatunePlacement)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainNumatuneMemMode)
 
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_DEFAULT,
+    VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_SHARED,
+    VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_PRIVATE,
+
+    VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_LAST
+} virNumaMemAccess;
+
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virNumaMemAccess)
 
 void virDomainNumaFree(virDomainNumaPtr numa);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 14427f35d171a53e31fd9148e4a0fc5886b497ff..b6ef66d3b9d3dcf02cfb2936fab2564c8e6d2141 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4558,7 +4558,7 @@ qemuBuildMemoryBackendStr(unsigned long long size,
     virDomainHugePagePtr hugepage = NULL;
     virDomainNumatuneMemMode mode;
     const long system_page_size = virGetSystemPageSizeKB();
-    virMemAccess memAccess = def->cpu->cells[guestNode].memAccess;
+    virNumaMemAccess memAccess = def->cpu->cells[guestNode].memAccess;
     size_t i;
     char *mem_path = NULL;
     virBitmapPtr nodemask = NULL;
@@ -4651,18 +4651,18 @@ qemuBuildMemoryBackendStr(unsigned long long size,
             goto cleanup;
 
         switch (memAccess) {
-        case VIR_MEM_ACCESS_SHARED:
+        case VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_SHARED:
             if (virJSONValueObjectAdd(props, "b:share", true, NULL) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
             break;
 
-        case VIR_MEM_ACCESS_PRIVATE:
+        case VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_PRIVATE:
             if (virJSONValueObjectAdd(props, "b:share", false, NULL) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
             break;
 
-        case VIR_MEM_ACCESS_DEFAULT:
-        case VIR_MEM_ACCESS_LAST:
+        case VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_DEFAULT:
+        case VIR_NUMA_MEM_ACCESS_LAST:
             break;
         }
     } else {