diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 6428206..a0eb2ed 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -386,49 +386,7 @@ static void extract_common_blockdev_options(QemuOpts *opts, int *bdrv_flags,
     }
 
     if (throttle_cfg) {
-        throttle_config_init(throttle_cfg);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write", 0);
-
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max  =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max", 0);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max", 0);
-
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max-length", 1);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length  =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max-length", 1);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max-length", 1);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max-length", 1);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max-length", 1);
-        throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max-length", 1);
-
-        throttle_cfg->op_size =
-            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-size", 0);
-
+        parse_io_throttle_options(throttle_cfg, opts);
         if (!throttle_is_valid(throttle_cfg, errp)) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
index 7ae4e86..db386a7 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
@@ -31,48 +31,7 @@ static void fsdev_throttle_write_timer_cb(void *opaque)
 
 void fsdev_throttle_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsThrottle *fst, Error **errp)
 {
-    throttle_config_init(&fst->cfg);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write", 0);
-
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max  =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max", 0);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max", 0);
-
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length  =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max-length", 1);
-    fst->cfg.op_size =
-        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-size", 0);
-
+    parse_io_throttle_options(&fst->cfg, opts);
     throttle_is_valid(&fst->cfg, errp);
 }
 
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h
index e418643..c493e83 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/throttle.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle-options.h"
 
 typedef struct FsThrottle {
     ThrottleState ts;
diff --git a/include/qemu/throttle-options.h b/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
index 3133d1c..9b68eb8 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 parse_io_throttle_options(ThrottleConfig *, QemuOpts *);
+
 #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..02b26b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/throttle-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle-options.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+
+void parse_io_throttle_options(ThrottleConfig *throttle_cfg, QemuOpts *opts)
+{
+    throttle_config_init(throttle_cfg);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write", 0);
+
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max", 0);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max", 0);
+
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max-length", 1);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max-length", 1);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max-length", 1);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max-length", 1);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max-length", 1);
+    throttle_cfg->buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max-length", 1);
+
+    throttle_cfg->op_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-size", 0);
+
+}
