diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 86cf63df4e..ff9b2c607c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ virQEMUCapsFetchCPUModels(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
-int
+static int
 virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                   qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   bool tcg)
@@ -2546,6 +2546,14 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 }
 
 
+int
+virQEMUCapsProbeCPUDefinitionsTest(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                   qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+{
+    return virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(qemuCaps, mon, false);
+}
+
+
 static int
 virQEMUCapsProbeQMPHostCPU(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                            qemuMonitorPtr mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
index e8fe48d8f0..9fc3f43f32 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ virQEMUCapsSetSEVCapabilities(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                               virSEVCapability *capabilities);
 
 int
-virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                                  qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                                  bool tcg);
+virQEMUCapsProbeCPUDefinitionsTest(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                   qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
 void
 virQEMUCapsSetMicrocodeVersion(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index 3af4bb9396..b883ba7b80 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -507,9 +507,8 @@ cpuTestMakeQEMUCaps(const struct data *data)
     virQEMUCapsSetCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM, model);
     model = NULL;
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(qemuCaps,
-                                          qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(testMon),
-                                          false) < 0)
+    if (virQEMUCapsProbeCPUDefinitionsTest(qemuCaps,
+                                           qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(testMon)) < 0)
         goto error;
 
  cleanup: