diff --git a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
index 2569454ff8..4968dfcf3e 100644
--- a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
+++ b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.c
@@ -913,6 +913,24 @@ virDomainObjListCollectIterator(void *payload,
 }
 
 
+void
+virDomainObjListCollectAll(virDomainObjList *domlist,
+                           virDomainObj ***vms,
+                           size_t *nvms)
+{
+    struct virDomainListData data = { NULL, 0 };
+
+    virObjectRWLockRead(domlist);
+    data.vms = g_new0(virDomainObj *, virHashSize(domlist->objs));
+
+    virHashForEach(domlist->objs, virDomainObjListCollectIterator, &data);
+    virObjectRWUnlock(domlist);
+
+    *nvms = data.nvms;
+    *vms = data.vms;
+}
+
+
 static void
 virDomainObjListFilter(virDomainObj ***list,
                        size_t *nvms,
@@ -954,18 +972,8 @@ virDomainObjListCollect(virDomainObjList *domlist,
                         virDomainObjListACLFilter filter,
                         unsigned int flags)
 {
-    struct virDomainListData data = { NULL, 0 };
-
-    virObjectRWLockRead(domlist);
-    data.vms = g_new0(virDomainObj *, virHashSize(domlist->objs));
-
-    virHashForEach(domlist->objs, virDomainObjListCollectIterator, &data);
-    virObjectRWUnlock(domlist);
-
-    virDomainObjListFilter(&data.vms, &data.nvms, conn, filter, flags);
-
-    *nvms = data.nvms;
-    *vms = data.vms;
+    virDomainObjListCollectAll(domlist, vms, nvms);
+    virDomainObjListFilter(vms, nvms, conn, filter, flags);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.h b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.h
index cfa165d56f..8c53680374 100644
--- a/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.h
+++ b/src/conf/virdomainobjlist.h
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ virDomainObjListForEach(virDomainObjList *doms,
                  VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_FILTERS_SNAPSHOT    | \
                  VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_FILTERS_CHECKPOINT)
 
+void
+virDomainObjListCollectAll(virDomainObjList *domlist,
+                           virDomainObj ***vms,
+                           size_t *nvms);
 int
 virDomainObjListCollect(virDomainObjList *doms,
                         virConnectPtr conn,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index ae746a2d51..54a3859604 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ virDomainMomentObjNew;
 # conf/virdomainobjlist.h
 virDomainObjListAdd;
 virDomainObjListCollect;
+virDomainObjListCollectAll;
 virDomainObjListConvert;
 virDomainObjListExport;
 virDomainObjListFindByID;