diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index f6065ed36b1780e38a8a2ec6424275a4f6e22d0f..fc9615f9ea84738638af2a11b0a300fa48df611c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,16 @@ error:
 }
 
 
+int
+virDomainDiskGetActualType(virDomainDiskDefPtr def)
+{
+    if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_VOLUME && def->srcpool)
+        return def->srcpool->actualtype;
+
+    return def->type;
+}
+
+
 void virDomainControllerDefFree(virDomainControllerDefPtr def)
 {
     if (!def)
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 4895e814d0dbe4c87c78c90afdbc2a212e3f2917..24cbec3374f6f2819db8fceb8b79d7e6dc747f45 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2252,6 +2252,7 @@ void virDomainDiskHostDefClear(virDomainDiskHostDefPtr def);
 void virDomainDiskHostDefFree(size_t nhosts, virDomainDiskHostDefPtr hosts);
 virDomainDiskHostDefPtr virDomainDiskHostDefCopy(size_t nhosts,
                                                  virDomainDiskHostDefPtr hosts);
+int virDomainDiskGetActualType(virDomainDiskDefPtr def);
 int virDomainDeviceFindControllerModel(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                        virDomainDeviceInfoPtr info,
                                        int controllerType);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0b28bac26ca932b192fd18162ea6e562f3003024..aae6a3b95c14ad9c986e254c90c0e1b116e7033c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ virDomainDiskErrorPolicyTypeToString;
 virDomainDiskFindByBusAndDst;
 virDomainDiskGeometryTransTypeFromString;
 virDomainDiskGeometryTransTypeToString;
+virDomainDiskGetActualType;
 virDomainDiskHostDefClear;
 virDomainDiskHostDefCopy;
 virDomainDiskHostDefFree;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index e499d545cc0fcc00c1240377dbd69540feb6adba..e9908f9e65d2683586bb4f25dda5040931614e4b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ qemuDomainDiskGetSourceString(virConnectPtr conn,
                               virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                               char **source)
 {
-    int actualType = qemuDiskGetActualType(disk);
+    int actualType = virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk);
     char *secret = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
 
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@ qemuDomainDiskGetSourceString(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    ret = qemuGetDriveSourceString(qemuDiskGetActualType(disk),
+    ret = qemuGetDriveSourceString(virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk),
                                    disk->src,
                                    disk->protocol,
                                    disk->nhosts,
@@ -3927,7 +3927,7 @@ qemuBuildDriveStr(virConnectPtr conn,
     int idx = virDiskNameToIndex(disk->dst);
     int busid = -1, unitid = -1;
     char *source = NULL;
-    int actualType = qemuDiskGetActualType(disk);
+    int actualType = virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk);
 
     if (idx < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index ecaaf815adf0880a3afcc30d6a692cd7b0a8dc17..dc4ded35cfead51eb922d60e7f9b6f5f1da40fb4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -1303,16 +1303,6 @@ cleanup:
 }
 
 
-int
-qemuDiskGetActualType(virDomainDiskDefPtr def)
-{
-    if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_VOLUME && def->srcpool)
-        return def->srcpool->actualtype;
-
-    return def->type;
-}
-
-
 int
 qemuTranslateDiskSourcePool(virConnectPtr conn,
                             virDomainDiskDefPtr def)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index 1f44a767950ba31b8146394ac1b25b87e879f6b9..842b740fe818bb80fede114be747d1562a2a8c05 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ int qemuSetUnprivSGIO(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev);
 int qemuDriverAllocateID(virQEMUDriverPtr driver);
 virDomainXMLOptionPtr virQEMUDriverCreateXMLConf(virQEMUDriverPtr driver);
 
-int qemuDiskGetActualType(virDomainDiskDefPtr def);
-
 int qemuTranslateDiskSourcePool(virConnectPtr conn,
                                 virDomainDiskDefPtr def);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 59e018de80a52828017b299b7ab139998db494c6..6ddbd2129c1675891b91e07503b443efed5946e5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12260,7 +12260,7 @@ endjob:
 static int
 qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalBackingInactive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
 {
-    int actualType = qemuDiskGetActualType(disk);
+    int actualType = virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk);
 
     switch ((enum virDomainDiskType) actualType) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_BLOCK:
@@ -12304,7 +12304,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalBackingInactive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
 static int
 qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalBackingActive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
 {
-    int actualType = qemuDiskGetActualType(disk);
+    int actualType = virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk);
 
     if (actualType == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_BLOCK &&
         disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN) {
@@ -12448,7 +12448,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskInternal(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (qemuTranslateDiskSourcePool(conn, disk) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    actualType = qemuDiskGetActualType(disk);
+    actualType = virDomainDiskGetActualType(disk);
 
     switch ((enum virDomainDiskType) actualType) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_BLOCK: