diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c
index f8e0ce5123..ab9d3026cc 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_command.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ bhyveBuildSoundArgStr(const virDomainDef *def G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-s");
 
     if (audio) {
-        switch ((virDomainAudioType) audio->type) {
+        switch (audio->type) {
         case  VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_OSS:
             if (virDomainAudioIOCommonIsSet(&audio->input) ||
                 virDomainAudioIOCommonIsSet(&audio->output)) {
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 942d6f269a..758f699c2c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ virDomainAudioDefFree(virDomainAudioDef *def)
     if (!def)
         return;
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType) def->type) {
+    switch (def->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;
 
@@ -13123,24 +13123,26 @@ virDomainAudioDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOption *xmlopt G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     virDomainAudioDef *def;
     VIR_XPATH_NODE_AUTORESTORE(ctxt)
     g_autofree char *tmp = NULL;
-    g_autofree char *type = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *typestr = NULL;
+    int type;
     xmlNodePtr inputNode, outputNode;
 
     def = g_new0(virDomainAudioDef, 1);
     ctxt->node = node;
 
-    type = virXMLPropString(node, "type");
-    if (!type) {
+    typestr = virXMLPropString(node, "type");
+    if (!typestr) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
                        _("missing audio 'type' attribute"));
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if ((def->type = virDomainAudioTypeTypeFromString(type)) < 0) {
+    if ((type = virDomainAudioTypeTypeFromString(typestr)) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                       _("unknown audio type '%s'"), type);
+                       _("unknown audio type '%s'"), typestr);
         goto error;
     }
+    def->type = type;
 
     tmp = virXMLPropString(node, "id");
     if (!tmp) {
@@ -13163,7 +13165,7 @@ virDomainAudioDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOption *xmlopt G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     if (outputNode && virDomainAudioCommonParse(&def->output, outputNode, ctxt) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType) def->type) {
+    switch (def->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;
 
@@ -25465,7 +25467,7 @@ virDomainAudioDefFormat(virBuffer *buf,
 
     virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<audio id='%d' type='%s'", def->id, type);
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType)def->type) {
+    switch (def->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index cf8481f1f6..462c61a807 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ struct _virDomainAudioIOSDL {
 };
 
 struct _virDomainAudioDef {
-    int type;
+    virDomainAudioType type;
 
     unsigned int id;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d6c5308ef0..dcc060bde9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7670,7 +7670,7 @@ qemuBuildAudioCommandLineArg(virCommand *cmd,
     qemuBuildAudioCommonArg(&buf, "in", &def->input);
     qemuBuildAudioCommonArg(&buf, "out", &def->output);
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType)def->type) {
+    switch (def->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;
 
@@ -7859,7 +7859,7 @@ qemuBuildAudioCommandLineEnv(virCommand *cmd,
     qemuBuildAudioCommonEnv(cmd, "QEMU_AUDIO_ADC_", &audio->input);
     qemuBuildAudioCommonEnv(cmd, "QEMU_AUDIO_DAC_", &audio->output);
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType)audio->type) {
+    switch (audio->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
index 141203f979..e6ddb43113 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_validate.c
@@ -4223,7 +4223,7 @@ qemuValidateDomainDeviceDefAudio(virDomainAudioDef *audio,
         }
     }
 
-    switch ((virDomainAudioType)audio->type) {
+    switch (audio->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_AUDIO_TYPE_NONE:
         break;