diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index e79dc54d33..c67bd2504a 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2087,6 +2087,7 @@ virFileGetXAttr;
 virFileGetXAttrQuiet;
 virFileInData;
 virFileIsCDROM;
+virFileIsClusterFS;
 virFileIsDir;
 virFileIsExecutable;
 virFileIsLink;
@@ -3145,7 +3146,6 @@ virStorageFileGetSCSIKey;
 virStorageFileGetUniqueIdentifier;
 virStorageFileInit;
 virStorageFileInitAs;
-virStorageFileIsClusterFS;
 virStorageFileParseBackingStoreStr;
 virStorageFileParseChainIndex;
 virStorageFileProbeFormat;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 90b0ec95e3..07235d6480 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ qemuMigrationSrcIsSafe(virDomainDefPtr def,
             } else if (rc == 0) {
                 unsafe = true;
             }
-            if ((rc = virStorageFileIsClusterFS(src)) < 0)
+            if ((rc = virFileIsClusterFS(src)) < 0)
                 return false;
             else if (rc == 1)
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 6e16780e30..609cafdd34 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -3709,6 +3709,19 @@ int virFileIsSharedFS(const char *path)
 }
 
 
+int
+virFileIsClusterFS(const char *path)
+{
+    /* These are coherent cluster filesystems known to be safe for
+     * migration with cache != none
+     */
+    return virFileIsSharedFSType(path,
+                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_GFS2 |
+                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_OCFS |
+                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_CEPH);
+}
+
+
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(WITH_SYS_MOUNT_H)
 int
 virFileSetupDev(const char *path,
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.h b/src/util/virfile.h
index 45b75a059e..733d652ac9 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.h
+++ b/src/util/virfile.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ enum {
 
 int virFileIsSharedFSType(const char *path, int fstypes) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 int virFileIsSharedFS(const char *path) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+int virFileIsClusterFS(const char *path) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 int virFileIsMountPoint(const char *file) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 int virFileIsCDROM(const char *path)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 66694bfcc0..3db85d8b89 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -1193,17 +1193,6 @@ virStorageFileGetMetadataFromFD(const char *path,
 }
 
 
-int virStorageFileIsClusterFS(const char *path)
-{
-    /* These are coherent cluster filesystems known to be safe for
-     * migration with cache != none
-     */
-    return virFileIsSharedFSType(path,
-                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_GFS2 |
-                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_OCFS |
-                                 VIR_FILE_SHFS_CEPH);
-}
-
 #ifdef WITH_UDEV
 /* virStorageFileGetSCSIKey
  * @path: Path to the SCSI device
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index 94bb889d84..2452b967b2 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ virStorageSourcePtr virStorageFileChainLookup(virStorageSourcePtr chain,
                                               virStorageSourcePtr *parent)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
-int virStorageFileIsClusterFS(const char *path);
 bool virStorageIsFile(const char *path);
 bool virStorageIsRelative(const char *backing);