diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index ead2149dd0..744779ad22 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1835,6 +1835,7 @@ virJSONValueGetNumberLong;
 virJSONValueGetNumberUint;
 virJSONValueGetNumberUlong;
 virJSONValueGetString;
+virJSONValueHashFree;
 virJSONValueIsArray;
 virJSONValueIsNull;
 virJSONValueNewArray;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 35ee72cf18..e68c31ef45 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -7488,14 +7488,6 @@ qemuMonitorJSONFillQMPSchema(size_t pos ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
-static void
-qemuMonitorJSONFreeSchemaEntry(void *opaque,
-                               const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    virJSONValueFree(opaque);
-}
-
-
 virHashTablePtr
 qemuMonitorJSONQueryQMPSchema(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 {
@@ -7516,7 +7508,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONQueryQMPSchema(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 
     arr = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return");
 
-    if (!(schema = virHashCreate(512, qemuMonitorJSONFreeSchemaEntry)))
+    if (!(schema = virHashCreate(512, virJSONValueHashFree)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virJSONValueArrayForeachSteal(arr, qemuMonitorJSONFillQMPSchema,
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.c b/src/util/virjson.c
index c907b5ded1..b49b29b0fb 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.c
+++ b/src/util/virjson.c
@@ -376,6 +376,14 @@ virJSONValueFree(virJSONValuePtr value)
 }
 
 
+void
+virJSONValueHashFree(void *opaque,
+                     const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    virJSONValueFree(opaque);
+}
+
+
 virJSONValuePtr
 virJSONValueNewString(const char *data)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.h b/src/util/virjson.h
index 5e32cb9a41..14b74c0617 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.h
+++ b/src/util/virjson.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct _virJSONValue {
 };
 
 void virJSONValueFree(virJSONValuePtr value);
+void virJSONValueHashFree(void *opaque, const void *name);
 
 int virJSONValueObjectCreate(virJSONValuePtr *obj, ...)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL;