diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index cb1faec802..4c9f982e0c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2485,14 +2485,9 @@ virQEMUCapsFetchCPUDefinitions(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (i = 0; i < defs->ncpus; i++) {
-        virDomainCapsCPUUsable usable = VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_UNKNOWN;
-
-        if (defs->cpus[i].usable == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES)
-            usable = VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_YES;
-        else if (defs->cpus[i].usable == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO)
-            usable = VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_NO;
-
-        if (virDomainCapsCPUModelsAddSteal(models, &defs->cpus[i].name, usable,
+        if (virDomainCapsCPUModelsAddSteal(models,
+                                           &defs->cpus[i].name,
+                                           defs->cpus[i].usable,
                                            &defs->cpus[i].blockers) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
     }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index cd8e850ed2..cd6b529b58 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ typedef struct _qemuMonitorCPUDefInfo qemuMonitorCPUDefInfo;
 typedef qemuMonitorCPUDefInfo *qemuMonitorCPUDefInfoPtr;
 
 struct _qemuMonitorCPUDefInfo {
-    virTristateBool usable;
+    virDomainCapsCPUUsable usable;
     char *name;
     char **blockers; /* NULL-terminated string list */
 };
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 3f523257d0..7d0de45704 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -5634,11 +5634,11 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUDefinitions(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
             len = virJSONValueArraySize(blockers);
 
             if (len == 0) {
-                cpu->usable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
+                cpu->usable = VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_YES;
                 continue;
             }
 
-            cpu->usable = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO;
+            cpu->usable = VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_NO;
             if (VIR_ALLOC_N(cpu->blockers, len + 1) < 0)
                 return -1;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 4646d3a55e..21f17f42af 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONGetCPUDefinitions(const void *opaque)
     } while (0)
 
 #define CHECK(i, wantname) \
-    CHECK_FULL(i, wantname, VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_ABSENT)
+    CHECK_FULL(i, wantname, VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_UNKNOWN)
 
 #define CHECK_USABLE(i, wantname, usable) \
     CHECK_FULL(i, wantname, \
-               usable ? VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES : VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO)
+               usable ? VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_YES : VIR_DOMCAPS_CPU_USABLE_NO)
 
     CHECK(0, "qemu64");
     CHECK_USABLE(1, "Opteron_G4", false);