diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 53dd59f6f6..02c2355d0d 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -2177,15 +2177,6 @@ void qmp_migrate_continue(MigrationStatus state, Error **errp)
     qemu_sem_post(&s->pause_sem);
 }
 
-int migrate_use_tls(void)
-{
-    MigrationState *s;
-
-    s = migrate_get_current();
-
-    return s->parameters.tls_creds && *s->parameters.tls_creds;
-}
-
 /* migration thread support */
 /*
  * Something bad happened to the RP stream, mark an error
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index dcf906868d..2b71df8617 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -447,8 +447,6 @@ bool migration_is_blocked(Error **errp);
 bool migration_in_postcopy(void);
 MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void);
 
-int migrate_use_tls(void);
-
 uint64_t ram_get_total_transferred_pages(void);
 
 /* Sending on the return path - generic and then for each message type */
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index dd97c99391..943936a320 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ bool migrate_postcopy(void)
     return migrate_postcopy_ram() || migrate_dirty_bitmaps();
 }
 
+bool migrate_tls(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->parameters.tls_creds && *s->parameters.tls_creds;
+}
+
 typedef enum WriteTrackingSupport {
     WT_SUPPORT_UNKNOWN = 0,
     WT_SUPPORT_ABSENT,
@@ -368,7 +377,7 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp)
          new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_COMPRESS] ||
          new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_XBZRLE] ||
          migrate_multifd_compression() ||
-         migrate_use_tls())) {
+         migrate_tls())) {
         error_setg(errp,
                    "Zero copy only available for non-compressed non-TLS multifd migration");
         return false;
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index 1b78fa9f3d..13318a16c7 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ bool migrate_zero_copy_send(void);
  */
 
 bool migrate_postcopy(void);
+bool migrate_tls(void);
 
 /* capabilities helpers */
 
diff --git a/migration/tls.c b/migration/tls.c
index 4d2166a209..acd38e0b62 100644
--- a/migration/tls.c
+++ b/migration/tls.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "channel.h"
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "tls.h"
+#include "options.h"
 #include "crypto/tlscreds.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ void migration_tls_channel_connect(MigrationState *s,
 
 bool migrate_channel_requires_tls_upgrade(QIOChannel *ioc)
 {
-    if (!migrate_use_tls()) {
+    if (!migrate_tls()) {
         return false;
     }