diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index d0cb2eebed..332a2fa586 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5218,7 +5218,7 @@ qemuDomainDeviceDiskDefPostParseRestoreSecAlias(virDomainDiskDef *disk,
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 qemuDomainDeviceDiskDefPostParse(virDomainDiskDef *disk,
                                  unsigned int parseFlags)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 9cf5d5479e..6728ab047e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -857,6 +857,9 @@ int qemuDomainSecretPrepare(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 int qemuDomainDeviceDefValidateDisk(const virDomainDiskDef *disk,
                                     virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps);
 
+int qemuDomainDeviceDiskDefPostParse(virDomainDiskDef *disk,
+                                     unsigned int parseFlags);
+
 int qemuDomainPrepareChannel(virDomainChrDef *chr,
                              const char *domainChannelTargetDir)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index 3e61e923a9..0176fbd3f4 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ testQemuDiskXMLToProps(const void *opaque)
                                        VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_STATUS)))
         return -1;
 
+    if (qemuDomainDeviceDiskDefPostParse(disk, 0) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     if (!(vmdef = virDomainDefNew(data->driver->xmlopt)))
         return -1;
 
@@ -470,32 +473,24 @@ testQemuImageCreateLoadDiskXML(const char *name,
                                virDomainXMLOption *xmlopt)
 
 {
-    virDomainSnapshotDiskDef *diskdef = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(xmlDoc) doc = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
-    xmlNodePtr node;
+    virDomainDiskDef *disk = NULL;
     g_autofree char *xmlpath = NULL;
-    virStorageSource *ret = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *xmlstr = NULL;
 
     xmlpath = g_strdup_printf("%s%s.xml", testQemuImageCreatePath, name);
 
-    if (!(doc = virXMLParseFileCtxt(xmlpath, &ctxt)))
+    if (virTestLoadFile(xmlpath, &xmlstr) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (!(node = virXPathNode("//disk", ctxt))) {
-        VIR_TEST_VERBOSE("failed to find <source> element\n");
+    /* qemu stores node names in the status XML portion */
+    if (!(disk = virDomainDiskDefParse(xmlstr, xmlopt,
+                                       VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_STATUS)))
         return NULL;
-    }
 
-    diskdef = g_new0(virDomainSnapshotDiskDef, 1);
+    if (qemuDomainDeviceDiskDefPostParse(disk, 0) < 0)
+        return NULL;
 
-    if (virDomainSnapshotDiskDefParseXML(node, ctxt, diskdef,
-                                         VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_STATUS,
-                                         xmlopt) == 0)
-        ret = g_steal_pointer(&diskdef->src);
-
-    virDomainSnapshotDiskDefFree(diskdef);
-    return ret;
+    return disk->src;
 }