diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index 534278edfe..052ca6cb78 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-audio.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
@@ -2172,6 +2173,14 @@ const char *audio_get_id(QEMUSoundCard *card)
     }
 }
 
+const char *audio_application_name(void)
+{
+    const char *vm_name;
+
+    vm_name = qemu_get_vm_name();
+    return vm_name ? vm_name : "qemu";
+}
+
 void audio_rate_start(RateCtl *rate)
 {
     memset(rate, 0, sizeof(RateCtl));
diff --git a/audio/audio_int.h b/audio/audio_int.h
index 06f0913835..6d685e24a3 100644
--- a/audio/audio_int.h
+++ b/audio/audio_int.h
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ void *audio_calloc (const char *funcname, int nmemb, size_t size);
 
 void audio_run(AudioState *s, const char *msg);
 
+const char *audio_application_name(void);
+
 typedef struct RateCtl {
     int64_t start_ticks;
     int64_t bytes_sent;
diff --git a/audio/paaudio.c b/audio/paaudio.c
index 14b4269c55..75401d5391 100644
--- a/audio/paaudio.c
+++ b/audio/paaudio.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"
 
@@ -753,7 +752,6 @@ static int qpa_validate_per_direction_opts(Audiodev *dev,
 /* common */
 static void *qpa_conn_init(const char *server)
 {
-    const char *vm_name;
     PAConnection *c = g_malloc0(sizeof(PAConnection));
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pa_conns, c, list);
 
@@ -762,9 +760,8 @@ static void *qpa_conn_init(const char *server)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    vm_name = qemu_get_vm_name();
     c->context = pa_context_new(pa_threaded_mainloop_get_api(c->mainloop),
-                                vm_name ? vm_name : "qemu");
+                                audio_application_name());
     if (!c->context) {
         goto fail;
     }