diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index b17b1bb84971042709e455f380ed6e62408cbe7e..6b70b20b9f9bc1c7d40bde41cd2270e3fe930018 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2651,6 +2651,24 @@ int monitor_fdset_dup_fd_remove(int dup_fd)
     return monitor_fdset_dup_fd_find_remove(dup_fd, true);
 }
 
+int monitor_handle_fd_param(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname)
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    if (!qemu_isdigit(fdname[0]) && mon) {
+
+        fd = monitor_get_fd(mon, fdname);
+        if (fd == -1) {
+            error_report("No file descriptor named %s found", fdname);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        fd = qemu_parse_fd(fdname);
+    }
+
+    return fd;
+}
+
 /* mon_cmds and info_cmds would be sorted at runtime */
 static mon_cmd_t mon_cmds[] = {
 #include "hmp-commands.h"
diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
index 47d556b9d19aa9a75bb4fd90ba53c77c312ff380..714b9ea5bcba41d71368daefd7a813bd3d8fb4a2 100644
--- a/monitor.h
+++ b/monitor.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int monitor_read_block_device_key(Monitor *mon, const char *device,
                                   void *opaque);
 
 int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname);
+int monitor_handle_fd_param(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname);
 
 void monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 0);
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 60043ddec694ef914cd340d250163954d25976e4..e5d25d4b6d9251fb7b028f742e024dd740460816 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -522,24 +522,6 @@ int qemu_find_nic_model(NICInfo *nd, const char * const *models,
     return -1;
 }
 
-int net_handle_fd_param(Monitor *mon, const char *param)
-{
-    int fd;
-
-    if (!qemu_isdigit(param[0]) && mon) {
-
-        fd = monitor_get_fd(mon, param);
-        if (fd == -1) {
-            error_report("No file descriptor named %s found", param);
-            return -1;
-        }
-    } else {
-        fd = qemu_parse_fd(param);
-    }
-
-    return fd;
-}
-
 static int net_init_nic(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
                         NetClientState *peer)
 {
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 29750567ed9e44c5423ddaab25055a8b069528d4..04fda1d6c8f8559dac23e34824b8fc07d443a6b3 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ int qmp_netdev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret);
 
 void qdev_set_nic_properties(DeviceState *dev, NICInfo *nd);
 
-int net_handle_fd_param(Monitor *mon, const char *param);
-
 #define POLYNOMIAL 0x04c11db6
 unsigned compute_mcast_idx(const uint8_t *ep);
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c172c249be6afe40d75866dd679c8a9e0c9b3da7..7c602e4c3a8121cf84a9cd51bc3f3b14350ddd0e 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int net_init_socket(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
     if (sock->has_fd) {
         int fd;
 
-        fd = net_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, sock->fd);
+        fd = monitor_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, sock->fd);
         if (fd == -1 || !net_socket_fd_init(peer, "socket", name, fd, 1)) {
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index 197152579414bcf19f9ebbc00ddcc16da9338254..a88ae8f61ae83b3058f878a68fa9cab119932298 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
             return -1;
         }
 
-        fd = net_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, tap->fd);
+        fd = monitor_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, tap->fd);
         if (fd == -1) {
             return -1;
         }
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const char *name,
         int vhostfd;
 
         if (tap->has_vhostfd) {
-            vhostfd = net_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, tap->vhostfd);
+            vhostfd = monitor_handle_fd_param(cur_mon, tap->vhostfd);
             if (vhostfd == -1) {
                 return -1;
             }