diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
index e58c488f8a..686b5a4d80 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_alias.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ qemuAssignDeviceControllerAlias(virDomainDef *domainDef,
         return;
 
     if (controller->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI) {
-        if (!virQEMUCapsHasPCIMultiBus(domainDef)) {
+        if (!qemuDomainSupportsPCIMultibus(domainDef)) {
             /* qemus that don't support multiple PCI buses have
              * hardcoded the name of their single PCI controller as
              * "pci".
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index dc192b3729..98faf3f1d3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2059,34 +2059,6 @@ virQEMUCapsGet(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
 }
 
 
-bool virQEMUCapsHasPCIMultiBus(const virDomainDef *def)
-{
-    /* x86_64 and i686 support PCI-multibus on all machine types
-     * since forever */
-    if (ARCH_IS_X86(def->os.arch))
-        return true;
-
-    /* PPC supports multibus on all machine types which have pci since qemu-2.0.0 */
-    if (def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC ||
-        ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch)) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /* S390 supports PCI-multibus. */
-    if (ARCH_IS_S390(def->os.arch))
-        return true;
-
-    /* If the virt machine, both on ARM and RISC-V, supports PCI,
-     * then it also supports multibus */
-    if (qemuDomainIsARMVirt(def) ||
-        qemuDomainIsRISCVVirt(def)) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-
 const char *virQEMUCapsGetBinary(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps)
 {
     return qemuCaps->binary;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 038ab0a4df..4693e2f4de 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -701,8 +701,6 @@ bool virQEMUCapsGet(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
 
 void virQEMUCapsInitProcessCapsInterlock(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps);
 
-bool virQEMUCapsHasPCIMultiBus(const virDomainDef *def);
-
 bool virQEMUCapsSupportsVmport(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
                                const virDomainDef *def);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 5c067b8554..b8f071ff2a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ qemuBuildDeviceAddressPCIGetBus(const virDomainDef *domainDef,
                  * */
                 if (cont->model == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_ROOT &&
                     contTargetIndex <= 0) {
-                    if (virQEMUCapsHasPCIMultiBus(domainDef))
+                    if (qemuDomainSupportsPCIMultibus(domainDef))
                         contAlias = "pci.0";
                     else
                         contAlias = "pci";
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 80281d9b48..ef7506258a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -9085,6 +9085,35 @@ qemuDomainSupportsPCI(const virDomainDef *def)
 }
 
 
+bool
+qemuDomainSupportsPCIMultibus(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    /* x86_64 and i686 support PCI-multibus on all machine types
+     * since forever */
+    if (ARCH_IS_X86(def->os.arch))
+        return true;
+
+    /* PPC supports multibus on all machine types which have pci since qemu-2.0.0 */
+    if (def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC ||
+        ARCH_IS_PPC64(def->os.arch)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /* S390 supports PCI-multibus. */
+    if (ARCH_IS_S390(def->os.arch))
+        return true;
+
+    /* If the virt machine, both on ARM and RISC-V, supports PCI,
+     * then it also supports multibus */
+    if (qemuDomainIsARMVirt(def) ||
+        qemuDomainIsRISCVVirt(def)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainDefValidateMemoryHotplugDevice(const virDomainMemoryDef *mem,
                                          const virDomainDef *def)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 49e0fcf498..b4512cc80e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ bool qemuDomainHasBuiltinIDE(const virDomainDef *def);
 bool qemuDomainHasBuiltinESP(const virDomainDef *def);
 bool qemuDomainNeedsFDC(const virDomainDef *def);
 bool qemuDomainSupportsPCI(const virDomainDef *def);
+bool qemuDomainSupportsPCIMultibus(const virDomainDef *def);
 
 void qemuDomainUpdateCurrentMemorySize(virDomainObj *vm);