diff --git a/src/conf/device_conf.h b/src/conf/device_conf.h
index 60d90bbf19..950d333e2e 100644
--- a/src/conf/device_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/device_conf.h
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ int virDomainDeviceCCWAddressParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
                                       virCCWDeviceAddress *addr);
 bool virDomainDeviceCCWAddressEqual(virCCWDeviceAddress *addr1,
                                     virCCWDeviceAddress *addr2);
-#define VIR_CCW_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT "%x.%x.%04x"
 
 int virDomainDeviceDriveAddressParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
                                         virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *addr);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 34dffb0615..56ab663529 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ qemuBuildDeviceAddressProps(virJSONValue *props,
         return 0;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_CCW: {
-        g_autofree char *devno = g_strdup_printf("%x.%x.%04x",
+        g_autofree char *devno = g_strdup_printf(VIR_CCW_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                                                  info->addr.ccw.cssid,
                                                  info->addr.ccw.ssid,
                                                  info->addr.ccw.devno);
diff --git a/src/util/virccw.c b/src/util/virccw.c
index 409287b380..5a19d3a112 100644
--- a/src/util/virccw.c
+++ b/src/util/virccw.c
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 char*
 virCCWDeviceAddressAsString(virCCWDeviceAddress *addr)
 {
-    return g_strdup_printf("%x.%x.%04x", addr->cssid, addr->ssid, addr->devno);
+    return g_strdup_printf(VIR_CCW_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT, addr->cssid, addr->ssid, addr->devno);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/virccw.h b/src/util/virccw.h
index 21a03406fa..127359c299 100644
--- a/src/util/virccw.h
+++ b/src/util/virccw.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
+#define VIR_CCW_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT "%x.%x.%04x"
+
 typedef struct _virCCWDeviceAddress virCCWDeviceAddress;
 struct _virCCWDeviceAddress {
     unsigned int cssid;