diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 8c49d58c68..36149daaf9 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -257,18 +257,6 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskErrorPolicy, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_ERROR_POLICY_LAST,
               "ignore",
               "enospace")
 
-VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskProtocol, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST,
-              "nbd",
-              "rbd",
-              "sheepdog",
-              "gluster",
-              "iscsi",
-              "http",
-              "https",
-              "ftp",
-              "ftps",
-              "tftp")
-
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskSecretType, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SECRET_TYPE_LAST,
               "none",
               "uuid",
@@ -5057,14 +5045,14 @@ virDomainDiskSourceDefParse(xmlNodePtr node,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if ((*proto = virDomainDiskProtocolTypeFromString(protocol)) < 0){
+        if ((*proto = virStorageNetProtocolTypeFromString(protocol)) < 0){
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                            _("unknown protocol type '%s'"), protocol);
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
         if (!(*source = virXMLPropString(node, "name")) &&
-            *proto != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD) {
+            *proto != VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
                            _("missing name for disk source"));
             goto cleanup;
@@ -5255,9 +5243,9 @@ virDomainDiskDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                     goto error;
 
                 if (def->src.type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK) {
-                    if (def->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI)
+                    if (def->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI)
                         expected_secret_usage = VIR_SECRET_USAGE_TYPE_ISCSI;
-                    else if (def->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD)
+                    else if (def->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD)
                         expected_secret_usage = VIR_SECRET_USAGE_TYPE_CEPH;
                 }
 
@@ -14809,7 +14797,7 @@ virDomainDiskSourceDefFormatInternal(virBufferPtr buf,
 
         case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK:
             virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<source protocol='%s'",
-                              virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
+                              virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
             virBufferEscapeString(buf, " name='%s'", src);
 
             if (nhosts == 0) {
@@ -14984,9 +14972,9 @@ virDomainDiskDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
         virBufferEscapeString(buf, "<auth username='%s'>\n",
                               def->src.auth.username);
         virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, 2);
-        if (def->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI) {
+        if (def->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI) {
             virBufferAddLit(buf, "<secret type='iscsi'");
-        } else if (def->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
+        } else if (def->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
             virBufferAddLit(buf, "<secret type='ceph'");
         }
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 247b2f81f3..bf92593e3a 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -509,20 +509,6 @@ enum virDomainDiskErrorPolicy {
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_ERROR_POLICY_LAST
 };
 
-enum virDomainDiskProtocol {
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS,
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP,
-
-    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST
-};
 
 enum virDomainDiskTray {
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TRAY_CLOSED,
@@ -656,7 +642,7 @@ typedef virDomainDiskSourceDef *virDomainDiskSourceDefPtr;
 struct _virDomainDiskSourceDef {
     int type; /* enum virStorageType */
     char *path;
-    int protocol; /* enum virDomainDiskProtocol */
+    int protocol; /* enum virStorageNetProtocol */
     size_t nhosts;
     virStorageNetHostDefPtr hosts;
     virDomainDiskSourcePoolDefPtr srcpool;
@@ -2632,7 +2618,6 @@ VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskGeometryTrans)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskBus)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskCache)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskErrorPolicy)
-VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskProtocol)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskIo)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskSecretType)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDeviceSGIO)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 29b47b7884..99781a241c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ virDomainDiskInsertPreAlloced;
 virDomainDiskIoTypeFromString;
 virDomainDiskIoTypeToString;
 virDomainDiskPathByName;
-virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString;
 virDomainDiskRemove;
 virDomainDiskRemoveByName;
 virDomainDiskSetDriver;
@@ -1840,6 +1839,7 @@ virStorageNetHostDefCopy;
 virStorageNetHostDefFree;
 virStorageNetHostTransportTypeFromString;
 virStorageNetHostTransportTypeToString;
+virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString;
 virStorageTypeFromString;
 virStorageTypeToString;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index b3ad7b15a7..3cdda68c30 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3573,35 +3573,35 @@ qemuNetworkDriveGetPort(int protocol,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    switch ((enum virDomainDiskProtocol) protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
+    switch ((enum virStorageNetProtocol) protocol) {
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
             return 80;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
             return 443;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP:
             return 21;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
             return 990;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
             return 69;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
             return 7000;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
             return 10809;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
             /* no default port specified */
             return 0;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             /* not aplicable */
             return -1;
     }
@@ -3624,12 +3624,12 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
     virURIPtr uri = NULL;
     size_t i;
 
-    switch ((enum virDomainDiskProtocol) protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+    switch ((enum virStorageNetProtocol) protocol) {
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
             if (nhosts != 1) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                _("protocol '%s' accepts only one host"),
-                               virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
+                               virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
                 goto cleanup;
             }
 
@@ -3682,17 +3682,17 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
             /* fallthrough */
             /* NBD code uses same formatting scheme as others in some cases */
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
             if (nhosts != 1) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                _("protocol '%s' accepts only one host"),
-                               virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
+                               virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
                 goto cleanup;
             }
 
@@ -3701,11 +3701,11 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
 
             if (hosts->transport == VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_TCP) {
                 if (VIR_STRDUP(uri->scheme,
-                               virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol)) < 0)
+                               virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol)) < 0)
                     goto cleanup;
             } else {
                 if (virAsprintf(&uri->scheme, "%s+%s",
-                                virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol),
+                                virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol),
                                 virStorageNetHostTransportTypeToString(hosts->transport)) < 0)
                     goto cleanup;
             }
@@ -3740,7 +3740,7 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
 
             break;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
             if (!src) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                                _("missing disk source for 'sheepdog' protocol"));
@@ -3764,7 +3764,7 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
 
             break;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
             if (strchr(src, ':')) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                                _("':' not allowed in RBD source volume name '%s'"),
@@ -3809,7 +3809,7 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveURI(int protocol,
             break;
 
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
@@ -3876,19 +3876,19 @@ qemuDomainDiskGetSourceString(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (actualType == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK &&
         disk->src.auth.username &&
-        (disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI ||
-         disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD)) {
+        (disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI ||
+         disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD)) {
         bool encode = false;
         int secretType = VIR_SECRET_USAGE_TYPE_ISCSI;
 
-        if (disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
+        if (disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
             /* qemu requires the secret to be encoded for RBD */
             encode = true;
             secretType = VIR_SECRET_USAGE_TYPE_CEPH;
         }
 
         if (!(secret = qemuGetSecretString(conn,
-                                           virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol),
+                                           virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol),
                                            encode,
                                            disk->src.auth.secretType,
                                            disk->src.auth.username,
@@ -4321,10 +4321,10 @@ qemuBuildDriveDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
             goto error;
         }
         if (disk->src.type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK) {
-            if (disk->src.protocol != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI) {
+            if (disk->src.protocol != VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                                _("disk device='lun' is not supported for protocol='%s'"),
-                               virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
+                               virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
                 goto error;
             }
         } else if (!virDomainDiskSourceIsBlockType(disk)) {
@@ -10213,7 +10213,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                 else if (STRPREFIX(def->src.path, "nbd:") ||
                          STRPREFIX(def->src.path, "nbd+")) {
                     def->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD;
+                    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD;
 
                     if (qemuParseNBDString(def) < 0)
                         goto error;
@@ -10221,7 +10221,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                     char *p = def->src.path;
 
                     def->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD;
+                    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD;
                     if (VIR_STRDUP(def->src.path, p + strlen("rbd:")) < 0)
                         goto error;
                     /* old-style CEPH_ARGS env variable is parsed later */
@@ -10234,13 +10234,13 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                 } else if (STRPREFIX(def->src.path, "gluster:") ||
                            STRPREFIX(def->src.path, "gluster+")) {
                     def->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER;
+                    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER;
 
                     if (qemuParseGlusterString(def) < 0)
                         goto error;
                 } else if (STRPREFIX(def->src.path, "iscsi:")) {
                     def->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
+                    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
 
                     if (qemuParseISCSIString(def) < 0)
                         goto error;
@@ -10249,7 +10249,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                     char *port, *vdi;
 
                     def->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG;
+                    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG;
                     if (VIR_STRDUP(def->src.path, p + strlen("sheepdog:")) < 0)
                         goto error;
                     VIR_FREE(p);
@@ -11505,17 +11505,17 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK;
             else if (STRPREFIX(val, "nbd:")) {
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                disk->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD;
+                disk->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD;
             } else if (STRPREFIX(val, "rbd:")) {
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                disk->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD;
+                disk->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD;
                 val += strlen("rbd:");
             } else if (STRPREFIX(val, "gluster")) {
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                disk->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER;
+                disk->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER;
             } else if (STRPREFIX(val, "sheepdog:")) {
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-                disk->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG;
+                disk->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG;
                 val += strlen("sheepdog:");
             } else
                 disk->src.type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE;
@@ -11551,16 +11551,16 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                 char *port;
 
                 switch (disk->src.protocol) {
-                case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
                     if (qemuParseNBDString(disk) < 0)
                         goto error;
                     break;
-                case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
                     /* old-style CEPH_ARGS env variable is parsed later */
                     if (!ceph_args && qemuParseRBDString(disk) < 0)
                         goto error;
                     break;
-                case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
                     /* disk->src must be [vdiname] or [host]:[port]:[vdiname] */
                     port = strchr(disk->src.path, ':');
                     if (port) {
@@ -11584,12 +11584,12 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                             goto error;
                     }
                     break;
-                case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
                     if (qemuParseGlusterString(disk) < 0)
                         goto error;
 
                     break;
-                case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
                     if (qemuParseISCSIString(disk) < 0)
                         goto error;
 
@@ -12028,7 +12028,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
         virDomainDiskDefPtr first_rbd_disk = NULL;
         for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
             if (def->disks[i]->src.type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK &&
-                def->disks[i]->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
+                def->disks[i]->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
                 first_rbd_disk = def->disks[i];
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index dd851c615f..0f33553c5e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ qemuAddISCSIPoolSourceHost(virDomainDiskDefPtr def,
     def->src.hosts[0].transport = VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_TCP;
     def->src.hosts[0].socket = NULL;
 
-    def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
+    def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
 
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ qemuTranslateDiskSourcePool(virConnectPtr conn,
 
        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SOURCE_POOL_MODE_DIRECT:
            def->src.srcpool->actualtype = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK;
-           def->src.protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
+           def->src.protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI;
 
            if (qemuTranslateDiskSourcePoolAuth(def, pooldef) < 0)
                goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index b1c22c0a2b..b57700e036 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12356,22 +12356,22 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalBackingInactive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
         return 0;
 
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK:
-        switch ((enum virDomainDiskProtocol) disk->src.protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST:
+        switch ((enum virStorageNetProtocol) disk->src.protocol) {
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("external inactive snapshots are not supported on "
                              "'network' disks using '%s' protocol"),
-                           virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
+                           virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
             return -1;
         }
         break;
@@ -12417,24 +12417,24 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalOverlayActive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr d
         return 0;
 
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK:
-        switch ((enum virDomainDiskProtocol) disk->protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        switch ((enum virStorageNetProtocol) disk->protocol) {
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
             return 0;
 
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("external active snapshots are not supported on "
                              "'network' disks using '%s' protocol"),
-                           virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(disk->protocol));
+                           virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(disk->protocol));
             return -1;
 
         }
@@ -12561,22 +12561,22 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskInternal(virConnectPtr conn,
         return 0;
 
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK:
-        switch ((enum virDomainDiskProtocol) disk->src.protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_NBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_LAST:
+        switch ((enum virStorageNetProtocol) disk->src.protocol) {
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("internal inactive snapshots are not supported on "
                              "'network' disks using '%s' protocol"),
-                           virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
+                           virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(disk->src.protocol));
             return -1;
         }
         break;
@@ -12637,8 +12637,8 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepare(virConnectPtr conn,
                 goto cleanup;
 
             if (dom_disk->src.type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK &&
-                (dom_disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG ||
-                 dom_disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD)) {
+                (dom_disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG ||
+                 dom_disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD)) {
                 break;
             }
             if (vm->def->disks[i]->src.format > 0 &&
@@ -12814,7 +12814,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateSingleDiskActive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     case VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK:
         switch (snap->protocol) {
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
             if (!(newhosts = virStorageNetHostDefCopy(snap->nhosts, snap->hosts)))
                 goto cleanup;
 
@@ -12828,7 +12828,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateSingleDiskActive(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED,
                            _("snapshots on volumes using '%s' protocol "
                              "are not supported"),
-                           virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(snap->protocol));
+                           virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(snap->protocol));
             goto cleanup;
         }
         break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 7fb455d962..b389d0a85a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ qemuMigrationIsSafe(virDomainDefPtr def)
                 else if (rc == 1)
                     continue;
             } else if (disk->src.type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK &&
-                       disk->src.protocol == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
+                       disk->src.protocol == VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD) {
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index e3190f0744..eedd11b09b 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ virStorageFileBackendForType(int type,
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("missing storage backend for network files "
                          "using %s protocol"),
-                       virDomainDiskProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
+                       virStorageNetProtocolTypeToString(protocol));
     } else {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("missing storage backend for '%s' storage"),
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
index c7f0c37db1..19e6a3b29e 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_gluster.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ virStorageFileBackendGlusterStat(virStorageFilePtr file,
 
 virStorageFileBackend virStorageFileBackendGluster = {
     .type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK,
-    .protocol = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER,
+    .protocol = VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER,
 
     .backendInit = virStorageFileBackendGlusterInit,
     .backendDeinit = virStorageFileBackendGlusterDeinit,
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 0deaf07890..35f51dff2e 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageFileFeature,
               "lazy_refcounts",
               )
 
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageNetProtocol, VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST,
+              "nbd",
+              "rbd",
+              "sheepdog",
+              "gluster",
+              "iscsi",
+              "http",
+              "https",
+              "ftp",
+              "ftps",
+              "tftp")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageNetHostTransport, VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_LAST,
               "tcp",
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index 3de7f2aab4..fccf0b980b 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -100,6 +100,24 @@ struct _virStorageFileMetadata {
 
 
 /* Information related to network storage */
+enum virStorageNetProtocol {
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NBD,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_RBD,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTP,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_HTTPS,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTP,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP,
+
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST
+};
+
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virStorageNetProtocol)
+
+
 enum virStorageNetHostTransport {
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_TCP,
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_UNIX,