diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 6428206..b056788 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,7 @@ void qmp_block_set_io_throttle(BlockIOThrottle *arg, Error **errp)
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BlockBackend *blk;
     AioContext *aio_context;
+    IOThrottle *iothrottle;
 
     blk = qmp_get_blk(arg->has_device ? arg->device : NULL,
                       arg->has_id ? arg->id : NULL,
@@ -2652,56 +2653,8 @@ void qmp_block_set_io_throttle(BlockIOThrottle *arg, Error **errp)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    throttle_config_init(&cfg);
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->bps;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  = arg->bps_rd;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg = arg->bps_wr;
-
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->iops;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg  = arg->iops_rd;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg = arg->iops_wr;
-
-    if (arg->has_bps_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max = arg->bps_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max = arg->bps_rd_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max = arg->bps_wr_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max = arg->iops_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max = arg->iops_rd_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max = arg->iops_wr_max;
-    }
-
-    if (arg->has_bps_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->bps_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length = arg->bps_rd_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->bps_wr_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->iops_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length = arg->iops_rd_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->iops_wr_max_length;
-    }
-
-    if (arg->has_iops_size) {
-        cfg.op_size = arg->iops_size;
-    }
+    iothrottle = qapi_BlockIOThrottle_base(arg);
+    qmp_set_io_throttle(&cfg, iothrottle);
 
     if (!throttle_is_valid(&cfg, errp)) {
         goto out;
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
index 43dbcd8..cd653af 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
@@ -33,56 +33,7 @@ void fsdev_set_io_throttle(IOThrottle *arg, FsThrottle *fst, Error **errp)
 {
     ThrottleConfig cfg;
 
-    throttle_config_init(&cfg);
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->bps;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  = arg->bps_rd;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg = arg->bps_wr;
-
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->iops;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg  = arg->iops_rd;
-    cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg = arg->iops_wr;
-
-    if (arg->has_bps_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max = arg->bps_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max = arg->bps_rd_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max = arg->bps_wr_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max = arg->iops_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max = arg->iops_rd_max;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max = arg->iops_wr_max;
-    }
-
-    if (arg->has_bps_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->bps_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length = arg->bps_rd_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->bps_wr_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->iops_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length = arg->iops_rd_max_length;
-    }
-    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max_length) {
-        cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->iops_wr_max_length;
-    }
-
-    if (arg->has_iops_size) {
-        cfg.op_size = arg->iops_size;
-    }
+    qmp_set_io_throttle(&cfg, arg);
 
     if (throttle_is_valid(&cfg, errp)) {
         fst->cfg = cfg;
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
index a99e299..8c078b1 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ FsDriverEntry *get_fsdev_fsentry(char *id)
 
 void qmp_fsdev_set_io_throttle(IOThrottle *arg, Error **errp)
 {
-
     FsDriverEntry *fse;
 
     fse = get_fsdev_fsentry(arg->has_id ? arg->id : NULL);
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 9c02e55..05c28b5 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1553,20 +1553,29 @@ void hmp_change(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
 
+static void hmp_initialize_io_throttle(IOThrottle *iot, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    iot->has_id = true;
+    iot->id = (char *) qdict_get_str(qdict, "id");
+    iot->bps = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps");
+    iot->bps_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_rd");
+    iot->bps_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_wr");
+    iot->iops = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops");
+    iot->iops_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_rd");
+    iot->iops_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_wr");
+}
+
 void hmp_block_set_io_throttle(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
+    IOThrottle *iothrottle;
     BlockIOThrottle throttle = {
         .has_device = true,
         .device = (char *) qdict_get_str(qdict, "device"),
-        .bps = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps"),
-        .bps_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_rd"),
-        .bps_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_wr"),
-        .iops = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops"),
-        .iops_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_rd"),
-        .iops_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_wr"),
     };
 
+    iothrottle = qapi_BlockIOThrottle_base(&throttle);
+    hmp_initialize_io_throttle(iothrottle, qdict);
     qmp_block_set_io_throttle(&throttle, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
@@ -1576,17 +1585,8 @@ void hmp_block_set_io_throttle(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 void hmp_fsdev_set_io_throttle(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
-    IOThrottle throttle = {
-        .has_id = true,
-        .id = (char *) qdict_get_str(qdict, "id"),
-        .bps = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps"),
-        .bps_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_rd"),
-        .bps_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_wr"),
-        .iops = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops"),
-        .iops_rd = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_rd"),
-        .iops_wr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_wr"),
-    };
-
+    IOThrottle throttle;
+    hmp_initialize_io_throttle(&throttle, qdict);
     qmp_fsdev_set_io_throttle(&throttle, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
diff --git a/include/qemu/throttle-options.h b/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
index 3133d1c..ca0fd7d 100644
--- a/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
+++ b/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #ifndef THROTTLE_OPTIONS_H
 #define THROTTLE_OPTIONS_H
 
+#include "qemu/throttle.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
+
 #define THROTTLE_OPTS \
           { \
             .name = "throttling.iops-total",\
@@ -89,4 +92,6 @@
             .help = "when limiting by iops max size of an I/O in bytes",\
         }
 
+void qmp_set_io_throttle(ThrottleConfig *, IOThrottle *);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/util/Makefile.objs b/util/Makefile.objs
index c6205eb..7119ce0 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.objs
+++ b/util/Makefile.objs
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ util-obj-y += qdist.o
 util-obj-y += qht.o
 util-obj-y += range.o
 util-obj-y += systemd.o
+util-obj-y += throttle-options.o
diff --git a/util/throttle-options.c b/util/throttle-options.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47cffed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/throttle-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle-options.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+
+void qmp_set_io_throttle(ThrottleConfig *cfg, IOThrottle *arg)
+{
+    throttle_config_init(cfg);
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->bps;
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  = arg->bps_rd;
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg = arg->bps_wr;
+
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg = arg->iops;
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg  = arg->iops_rd;
+    cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg = arg->iops_wr;
+
+    if (arg->has_bps_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max = arg->bps_max;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max = arg->bps_rd_max;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max = arg->bps_wr_max;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max = arg->iops_max;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max = arg->iops_rd_max;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max = arg->iops_wr_max;
+    }
+
+    if (arg->has_bps_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->bps_max_length;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_bps_rd_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length = arg->bps_rd_max_length;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_bps_wr_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->bps_wr_max_length;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length = arg->iops_max_length;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_rd_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length = arg->iops_rd_max_length;
+    }
+    if (arg->has_iops_wr_max_length) {
+        cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length = arg->iops_wr_max_length;
+    }
+
+    if (arg->has_iops_size) {
+        cfg->op_size = arg->iops_size;
+    }
+}
