diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
index 3bbe50a8edc917936e8ee1e5ddf3e06a8075c181..c5d7ab901670c00bd328a3ba3545c0a79570b3ed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.c
@@ -777,6 +777,21 @@ qemuMigrationParamsApply(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 }
 
 
+static int
+qemuMigrationParamsSetString(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams,
+                             qemuMigrationParam param,
+                             const char *value)
+{
+    if (qemuMigrationParamsCheckType(param, QEMU_MIGRATION_PARAM_TYPE_STRING) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(migParams->params[param].value.s, value) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /* qemuMigrationParamsEnableTLS
  * @driver: pointer to qemu driver
  * @vm: domain object
@@ -967,21 +982,6 @@ qemuMigrationParamsFetch(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuMigrationParamsSetString(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams,
-                             qemuMigrationParam param,
-                             const char *value)
-{
-    if (qemuMigrationParamsCheckType(param, QEMU_MIGRATION_PARAM_TYPE_STRING) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (VIR_STRDUP(migParams->params[param].value.s, value) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Returns -1 on error,
  *          0 on success,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
index c3484ed1c0061ced3a30d749c89daa629f8a5892..9a865b19f359552e4032d31717d12c3dfb808e59 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_params.h
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ qemuMigrationParamsFetch(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                          int asyncJob,
                          qemuMigrationParamsPtr *migParams);
 
-int
-qemuMigrationParamsSetString(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams,
-                             qemuMigrationParam param,
-                             const char *value);
-
 int
 qemuMigrationParamsGetULL(qemuMigrationParamsPtr migParams,
                           qemuMigrationParam param,