diff --git a/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.c b/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.c
index bef60f56c56c728509e5719ce0ced33363111100..e60abd536c2f714b89aa08cc87ba289b08656457 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.c
@@ -65,3 +65,22 @@ virDomainCgroupSetupBlkio(virCgroupPtr cgroup, virDomainBlkiotune blkio)
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+
+int
+virDomainCgroupSetupMemtune(virCgroupPtr cgroup, virDomainMemtune mem)
+{
+    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(mem.hard_limit))
+        if (virCgroupSetMemoryHardLimit(cgroup, mem.hard_limit) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(mem.soft_limit))
+        if (virCgroupSetMemorySoftLimit(cgroup, mem.soft_limit) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(mem.swap_hard_limit))
+        if (virCgroupSetMemSwapHardLimit(cgroup, mem.swap_hard_limit) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.h b/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.h
index af244bd2d29a96baa11cafdd32d7d3526baf6a21..82ba47e85fe52af4e7c8f6155b769f876e82a934 100644
--- a/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.h
+++ b/src/hypervisor/domain_cgroup.h
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 
 
 int virDomainCgroupSetupBlkio(virCgroupPtr cgroup, virDomainBlkiotune blkio);
+int virDomainCgroupSetupMemtune(virCgroupPtr cgroup, virDomainMemtune mem);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 283d6ef71f07f95606feeb6fc653b4c7aadcbf59..3d73fa39b0253634bcafe6be98c6de02739a0317 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ virSetConnectStorage;
 
 # hypervisor/domain_cgroup.h
 virDomainCgroupSetupBlkio;
+virDomainCgroupSetupMemtune;
 
 
 # libvirt_internal.h
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 96a89256a16118a950698d3f0d1c93aba3a4f0a7..eac1ee1ee0e111760a898d34f878d72e2b38bdef 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -112,19 +112,7 @@ static int virLXCCgroupSetupMemTune(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (virCgroupSetMemory(cgroup, virDomainDefGetMemoryInitial(def)) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(def->mem.hard_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemoryHardLimit(cgroup, def->mem.hard_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(def->mem.soft_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemorySoftLimit(cgroup, def->mem.soft_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(def->mem.swap_hard_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemSwapHardLimit(cgroup, def->mem.swap_hard_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    return 0;
+    return virDomainCgroupSetupMemtune(cgroup, def->mem);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 475c06382380f4c962ff39803f05a1b870c2ce47..0c2f5f1b25994ff6f4c90ae2c243772520d36c77 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -625,19 +625,7 @@ qemuSetupMemoryCgroup(virDomainObjPtr vm)
         }
     }
 
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(vm->def->mem.hard_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemoryHardLimit(priv->cgroup, vm->def->mem.hard_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(vm->def->mem.soft_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemorySoftLimit(priv->cgroup, vm->def->mem.soft_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    if (virMemoryLimitIsSet(vm->def->mem.swap_hard_limit))
-        if (virCgroupSetMemSwapHardLimit(priv->cgroup, vm->def->mem.swap_hard_limit) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-    return 0;
+    return virDomainCgroupSetupMemtune(priv->cgroup, vm->def->mem);
 }