diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 56a6b24..9d33c25 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -387,49 +387,7 @@ 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);
-
+        throttle_parse_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 49eebb5..0e6fb86 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu-fsdev-throttle.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle-options.h"
 
 static void fsdev_throttle_read_timer_cb(void *opaque)
 {
@@ -31,48 +32,7 @@ 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);
-
+    throttle_parse_options(&fst->cfg, opts);
     throttle_is_valid(&fst->cfg, errp);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/throttle-options.h b/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
index 3528a8f..9709dcd 100644
--- a/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
+++ b/include/qemu/throttle-options.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 #ifndef THROTTLE_OPTIONS_H
 #define THROTTLE_OPTIONS_H
+#include "typedefs.h"
 
 #define QEMU_OPT_IOPS_TOTAL "iops-total"
 #define QEMU_OPT_IOPS_TOTAL_MAX "iops-total-max"
@@ -111,4 +112,6 @@
             .help = "when limiting by iops max size of an I/O in bytes",\
         }
 
+void throttle_parse_options(ThrottleConfig *, QemuOpts *);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qemu/throttle.h b/include/qemu/throttle.h
index 8c93237..b6ebc6d 100644
--- a/include/qemu/throttle.h
+++ b/include/qemu/throttle.h
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ typedef struct LeakyBucket {
  * However it allows to keep the code clean and the bucket field is reset to
  * zero at the right time.
  */
-typedef struct ThrottleConfig {
+struct ThrottleConfig {
     LeakyBucket buckets[BUCKETS_COUNT]; /* leaky buckets */
     uint64_t op_size;         /* size of an operation in bytes */
-} ThrottleConfig;
+};
 
 typedef struct ThrottleState {
     ThrottleConfig cfg;       /* configuration */
diff --git a/include/qemu/typedefs.h b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
index 39bc835..90fe0f9 100644
--- a/include/qemu/typedefs.h
+++ b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ typedef struct uWireSlave uWireSlave;
 typedef struct VirtIODevice VirtIODevice;
 typedef struct Visitor Visitor;
 typedef struct node_info NodeInfo;
+typedef struct ThrottleConfig ThrottleConfig;
 typedef void SaveStateHandler(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
 typedef int LoadStateHandler(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id);
 
diff --git a/util/throttle.c b/util/throttle.c
index 06bf916..9ef28c4 100644
--- a/util/throttle.c
+++ b/util/throttle.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "qemu/throttle.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle-options.h"
 
 /* This function make a bucket leak
  *
@@ -635,3 +636,54 @@ void throttle_config_to_limits(ThrottleConfig *cfg, ThrottleLimits *var)
     var->has_iops_write_max_length = true;
     var->has_iops_size = true;
 }
+
+/* parse the throttle options
+ *
+ * @opts: qemu options
+ * @throttle_cfg: throttle configuration
+ */
+void throttle_parse_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);
+}
