diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index f0977217cf279217995b2877f1e66dd86612b5c6..6d532ac7a200baa390a7f6aec1ddfce967942ee7 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int init_blk_migration(QEMUFile *f)
         bmds->bulk_completed = 0;
         bmds->total_sectors = sectors;
         bmds->completed_sectors = 0;
-        bmds->shared_base = migrate_use_block_incremental();
+        bmds->shared_base = migrate_block_incremental();
 
         assert(i < num_bs);
         bmds_bs[i].bmds = bmds;
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 4a9e5310f17784d27d03e81c39e9884a571f9f29..5ab1e48f57578ab7478e16cffdd1ce6fda4a26e6 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool blk_inc,
             error_setg(errp, "No disk migration is required in COLO mode");
             return false;
         }
-        if (migrate_block() || migrate_use_block_incremental()) {
+        if (migrate_block() || migrate_block_incremental()) {
             error_setg(errp, "Command options are incompatible with "
                        "current migration capabilities");
             return false;
@@ -2273,15 +2273,6 @@ int migrate_use_tls(void)
     return s->parameters.tls_creds && *s->parameters.tls_creds;
 }
 
-bool migrate_use_block_incremental(void)
-{
-    MigrationState *s;
-
-    s = migrate_get_current();
-
-    return s->parameters.block_incremental;
-}
-
 /* migration thread support */
 /*
  * Something bad happened to the RP stream, mark an error
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 8451e5f2feee8ddf1e08d7efd6706c3d67204b24..86051af132ff13b2d0b70c7bb07134114c2075ba 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ bool migrate_postcopy(void);
 
 int migrate_use_tls(void);
 
-bool migrate_use_block_incremental(void);
 int migrate_max_cpu_throttle(void);
 
 uint64_t ram_get_total_transferred_pages(void);
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 8d15be858c6080998997fd7488a3d4fda29aa3f4..2b6d88b4b9e877e66e8e2e64d65f712e605254f1 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -463,6 +463,15 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_capabilities(MigrationCapabilityStatusList *params,
 
 /* parameters */
 
+bool migrate_block_incremental(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->parameters.block_incremental;
+}
+
 int migrate_compress_level(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index b24ee9228391614a283a23181fc0e23a82e6af2f..96d5a8e6e4511b1a4752d69138d2c8b7c589fec0 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ bool migrate_cap_set(int cap, bool value, Error **errp);
 
 /* parameters */
 
+bool migrate_block_incremental(void);
 int migrate_compress_level(void);
 int migrate_compress_threads(void);
 int migrate_compress_wait_thread(void);