diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index a57d1cec298af17fd3ffbcad5c9c974993c4c865..78b8c42a65b9ba04a97c833a69b41c6d915535c6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -423,6 +423,14 @@ virQEMUDriverConfigHugeTLBFSInit(virHugeTLBFSPtr hugetlbfs,
 }
 
 
+static int
+virQEMUDriverConfigLoadGlusterDebugEntry(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
+                                         virConfPtr conf)
+{
+    return virConfGetValueUInt(conf, "gluster_debug_level", &cfg->glusterDebugLevel);
+}
+
+
 static int
 virQEMUDriverConfigLoadSecurityEntry(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                                      virConfPtr conf,
@@ -915,7 +923,8 @@ int virQEMUDriverConfigLoadFile(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                 goto cleanup;
         }
     }
-    if (virConfGetValueUInt(conf, "gluster_debug_level", &cfg->glusterDebugLevel) < 0)
+
+    if (virQEMUDriverConfigLoadGlusterDebugEntry(cfg, conf) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUDriverConfigLoadSecurityEntry(cfg, conf, privileged) < 0)