diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 756459eacb..5831c3b77b 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -13774,8 +13774,7 @@ virDomainSoundDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (def->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH6 ||
-        def->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH9) {
+    if (virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs(def)) {
         int ncodecs;
         g_autofree xmlNodePtr *codecNodes = NULL;
 
@@ -30356,6 +30355,14 @@ virDomainDefFindAudioForSound(virDomainDefPtr def,
 }
 
 
+bool
+virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs(virDomainSoundDefPtr def)
+{
+    return def->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH6 ||
+        def->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH9;
+}
+
+
 char *
 virDomainObjGetMetadata(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                         int type,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 39b678af80..d613d30495 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -3786,6 +3786,8 @@ int virDomainDefFindDevice(virDomainDefPtr def,
 virDomainAudioDefPtr
 virDomainDefFindAudioForSound(virDomainDefPtr def,
                               virDomainSoundDefPtr sound);
+bool
+virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs(virDomainSoundDefPtr def);
 
 const char *virDomainChrSourceDefGetPath(virDomainChrSourceDefPtr chr);
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index d6d3f7b677..a1ff1130e2 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ virDomainSmbiosModeTypeToString;
 virDomainSoundDefFind;
 virDomainSoundDefFree;
 virDomainSoundDefRemove;
+virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs;
 virDomainSoundModelTypeFromString;
 virDomainSoundModelTypeToString;
 virDomainStartupPolicyTypeFromString;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 4461c2762f..e64d966222 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4101,9 +4101,7 @@ qemuBuildSoundCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
                 return -1;
 
             virCommandAddArg(cmd, str);
-            if (sound->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH6 ||
-                sound->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH9) {
-
+            if (virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs(sound)) {
                 for (j = 0; j < sound->ncodecs; j++) {
                     g_autofree char *codecstr = NULL;
                     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-device");
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index f97d09ff80..23f5363dd0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -4219,8 +4219,7 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefSound(virDomainSoundDefPtr sound,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (sound->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH6 ||
-        sound->model == VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_ICH9) {
+    if (virDomainSoundModelSupportsCodecs(sound)) {
         for (i = 0; i < sound->ncodecs; i++) {
             const char *stype;
             int type, flags;