diff --git a/src/conf/domain_audit.c b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
index de7386d4c6..cc5a55a635 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_audit.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ virDomainAuditHostdev(virDomainObjPtr vm, virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS:
         switch ((virDomainHostdevSubsysType) hostdev->source.subsys.type) {
         case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_PCI:
-            if (virAsprintfQuiet(&address, "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x",
+            if (virAsprintfQuiet(&address,
+                                 VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                                  pcisrc->addr.domain,
                                  pcisrc->addr.bus,
                                  pcisrc->addr.slot,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 46991b8ac5..d744524b58 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -16992,7 +16992,7 @@ virDomainNetFindIdx(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainNetDefPtr net)
         if (MACAddrSpecified && PCIAddrSpecified) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING,
                            _("no device matching MAC address %s found on "
-                             "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                             VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                            virMacAddrFormat(&net->mac, mac),
                            net->info.addr.pci.domain,
                            net->info.addr.pci.bus,
@@ -17000,7 +17000,7 @@ virDomainNetFindIdx(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainNetDefPtr net)
                            net->info.addr.pci.function);
         } else if (PCIAddrSpecified) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING,
-                           _("no device found on %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                           _("no device found on " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                            net->info.addr.pci.domain,
                            net->info.addr.pci.bus,
                            net->info.addr.pci.slot,
@@ -21625,8 +21625,8 @@ virDomainDeviceInfoCheckABIStability(virDomainDeviceInfoPtr src,
             src->addr.pci.slot != dst->addr.pci.slot ||
             src->addr.pci.function != dst->addr.pci.function) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
-                           _("Target device PCI address %04x:%02x:%02x.%02x "
-                             "does not match source %04x:%02x:%02x.%02x"),
+                           _("Target device PCI address " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT
+                             "does not match source " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                            dst->addr.pci.domain, dst->addr.pci.bus,
                            dst->addr.pci.slot, dst->addr.pci.function,
                            src->addr.pci.domain, src->addr.pci.bus,
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index ca01f620c7..f430522b35 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -3113,7 +3113,8 @@ libxlDomainAttachHostPCIDevice(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
 
     if (virDomainHostdevFind(vm->def, hostdev, &found) >= 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("target pci device %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x already exists"),
+                       _("target pci device " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT
+                         " already exists"),
                        pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                        pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
         goto cleanup;
@@ -3132,7 +3133,8 @@ libxlDomainAttachHostPCIDevice(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
 
     if (libxl_device_pci_add(cfg->ctx, vm->def->id, &pcidev, 0) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       _("libxenlight failed to attach pci device %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                       _("libxenlight failed to attach pci device "
+                         VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                        pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                        pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
         goto error;
@@ -3647,7 +3649,8 @@ libxlDomainDetachHostPCIDevice(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
     idx = virDomainHostdevFind(vm->def, hostdev, &detach);
     if (idx < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("host pci device %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x not found"),
+                       _("host pci device " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT
+                         " not found"),
                        pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                        pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
         goto cleanup;
@@ -3655,7 +3658,8 @@ libxlDomainDetachHostPCIDevice(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
 
     if (libxlIsMultiFunctionDevice(vm->def, detach->info)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
-                       _("cannot hot unplug multifunction PCI device: %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                       _("cannot hot unplug multifunction PCI device: "
+                         VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                        pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                        pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
         goto error;
@@ -3668,7 +3672,7 @@ libxlDomainDetachHostPCIDevice(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
     if (libxl_device_pci_remove(cfg->ctx, vm->def->id, &pcidev, 0) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("libxenlight failed to detach pci device "
-                         "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                         VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                        pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                        pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
         goto error;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 1871c6ef81..c8494de785 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4933,7 +4933,8 @@ qemuBuildPCIHostdevDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
     }
 
     virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",host=");
-    virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x",
+    virBufferAsprintf(&buf,
+                      VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                       pcisrc->addr.domain,
                       pcisrc->addr.bus,
                       pcisrc->addr.slot,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 7501ae5029..d8be63b71c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -5388,7 +5388,8 @@ qemuDomainDetachPrepHostdev(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         switch (subsys->type) {
         case VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_PCI:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING,
-                           _("host pci device %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x not found"),
+                           _("host pci device " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT
+                             " not found"),
                            pcisrc->addr.domain, pcisrc->addr.bus,
                            pcisrc->addr.slot, pcisrc->addr.function);
             break;
@@ -5874,7 +5875,7 @@ qemuDomainDetachDeviceLive(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     if (qemuIsMultiFunctionDevice(vm->def, info)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
                        _("cannot hot unplug %s device with multifunction PCI guest address: "
-                         "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"),
+                         VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT),
                        virDomainDeviceTypeToString(detach.type),
                        info->addr.pci.domain, info->addr.pci.bus,
                        info->addr.pci.slot, info->addr.pci.function);
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index 6d8ddc3577..36b7f8b424 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -1734,7 +1734,8 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressAsString(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr addr)
 {
     char *str;
 
-    ignore_value(virAsprintf(&str, "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x",
+    ignore_value(virAsprintf(&str,
+                             VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                              addr->domain,
                              addr->bus,
                              addr->slot,
@@ -1761,7 +1762,7 @@ virPCIDeviceNew(unsigned int domain,
     dev->address.function = function;
 
     if (virAsprintf(&dev->name,
-                    "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x",
+                    VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                     domain, bus, slot, function) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -2120,7 +2121,7 @@ int virPCIDeviceFileIterate(virPCIDevicePtr dev,
     struct dirent *ent;
     int direrr;
 
-    if (virAsprintf(&pcidir, "/sys/bus/pci/devices/%04x:%02x:%02x.%x",
+    if (virAsprintf(&pcidir, "/sys/bus/pci/devices/" VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                     dev->address.domain, dev->address.bus,
                     dev->address.slot, dev->address.function) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -2174,7 +2175,7 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressIOMMUGroupIterate(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr orig,
     int direrr;
 
     if (virAsprintf(&groupPath,
-                    PCI_SYSFS "devices/%04x:%02x:%02x.%x/iommu_group/devices",
+                    PCI_SYSFS "devices/" VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT "/iommu_group/devices",
                     orig->domain, orig->bus, orig->slot, orig->function) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -2323,8 +2324,9 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressGetIOMMUGroupNum(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr addr)
     const char *groupNumStr;
     unsigned int groupNum;
 
-    if (virAsprintf(&devName, "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x", addr->domain,
-                    addr->bus, addr->slot, addr->function) < 0)
+    if (virAsprintf(&devName,
+                    VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
+                    addr->domain, addr->bus, addr->slot, addr->function) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (!(devPath = virPCIFile(devName, "iommu_group")))
@@ -2648,7 +2650,8 @@ virPCIGetPhysicalFunction(const char *vf_sysfs_path,
     }
 
     if ((*pf = virPCIGetDeviceAddressFromSysfsLink(device_link))) {
-        VIR_DEBUG("PF for VF device '%s': %.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x", vf_sysfs_path,
+        VIR_DEBUG("PF for VF device '%s': " VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
+                  vf_sysfs_path,
                   (*pf)->domain, (*pf)->bus, (*pf)->slot, (*pf)->function);
     }
 
@@ -2806,7 +2809,7 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressGetSysfsFile(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr addr,
                                 char **pci_sysfs_device_link)
 {
     if (virAsprintf(pci_sysfs_device_link,
-                    PCI_SYSFS "devices/%04x:%02x:%02x.%x",
+                    PCI_SYSFS "devices/" VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT,
                     addr->domain, addr->bus,
                     addr->slot, addr->function) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.h b/src/util/virpci.h
index 457be3c929..c13e7cd407 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.h
+++ b/src/util/virpci.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct _virZPCIDeviceAddress {
     unsigned int fid;
 };
 
+#define VIR_PCI_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FMT "%.4x:%.2x:%.2x.%.1x"
+
 struct _virPCIDeviceAddress {
     unsigned int domain;
     unsigned int bus;