diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index b09bad08048d..a85ec09486dd 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -575,55 +575,14 @@ out:
 #define KVM_CLEAR_LOG_ALIGN  (qemu_real_host_page_size << KVM_CLEAR_LOG_SHIFT)
 #define KVM_CLEAR_LOG_MASK   (-KVM_CLEAR_LOG_ALIGN)
 
-/**
- * kvm_physical_log_clear - Clear the kernel's dirty bitmap for range
- *
- * NOTE: this will be a no-op if we haven't enabled manual dirty log
- * protection in the host kernel because in that case this operation
- * will be done within log_sync().
- *
- * @kml:     the kvm memory listener
- * @section: the memory range to clear dirty bitmap
- */
-static int kvm_physical_log_clear(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
-                                  MemoryRegionSection *section)
+static int kvm_log_clear_one_slot(KVMSlot *mem, int as_id, uint64_t start,
+                                  uint64_t size)
 {
     KVMState *s = kvm_state;
+    uint64_t end, bmap_start, start_delta, bmap_npages;
     struct kvm_clear_dirty_log d;
-    uint64_t start, end, bmap_start, start_delta, bmap_npages, size;
     unsigned long *bmap_clear = NULL, psize = qemu_real_host_page_size;
-    KVMSlot *mem = NULL;
-    int ret, i;
-
-    if (!s->manual_dirty_log_protect) {
-        /* No need to do explicit clear */
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    start = section->offset_within_address_space;
-    size = int128_get64(section->size);
-
-    if (!size) {
-        /* Nothing more we can do... */
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    kvm_slots_lock(kml);
-
-    /* Find any possible slot that covers the section */
-    for (i = 0; i < s->nr_slots; i++) {
-        mem = &kml->slots[i];
-        if (mem->start_addr <= start &&
-            start + size <= mem->start_addr + mem->memory_size) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * We should always find one memslot until this point, otherwise
-     * there could be something wrong from the upper layer
-     */
-    assert(mem && i != s->nr_slots);
+    int ret;
 
     /*
      * We need to extend either the start or the size or both to
@@ -694,7 +653,7 @@ static int kvm_physical_log_clear(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
     /* It should never overflow.  If it happens, say something */
     assert(bmap_npages <= UINT32_MAX);
     d.num_pages = bmap_npages;
-    d.slot = mem->slot | (kml->as_id << 16);
+    d.slot = mem->slot | (as_id << 16);
 
     if (kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG, &d) == -1) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -717,6 +676,58 @@ static int kvm_physical_log_clear(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
                  size / psize);
     /* This handles the NULL case well */
     g_free(bmap_clear);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * kvm_physical_log_clear - Clear the kernel's dirty bitmap for range
+ *
+ * NOTE: this will be a no-op if we haven't enabled manual dirty log
+ * protection in the host kernel because in that case this operation
+ * will be done within log_sync().
+ *
+ * @kml:     the kvm memory listener
+ * @section: the memory range to clear dirty bitmap
+ */
+static int kvm_physical_log_clear(KVMMemoryListener *kml,
+                                  MemoryRegionSection *section)
+{
+    KVMState *s = kvm_state;
+    uint64_t start, size;
+    KVMSlot *mem = NULL;
+    int ret, i;
+
+    if (!s->manual_dirty_log_protect) {
+        /* No need to do explicit clear */
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    start = section->offset_within_address_space;
+    size = int128_get64(section->size);
+
+    if (!size) {
+        /* Nothing more we can do... */
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    kvm_slots_lock(kml);
+
+    /* Find any possible slot that covers the section */
+    for (i = 0; i < s->nr_slots; i++) {
+        mem = &kml->slots[i];
+        if (mem->start_addr <= start &&
+            start + size <= mem->start_addr + mem->memory_size) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * We should always find one memslot until this point, otherwise
+     * there could be something wrong from the upper layer
+     */
+    assert(mem && i != s->nr_slots);
+    ret = kvm_log_clear_one_slot(mem, kml->as_id, start, size);
 
     kvm_slots_unlock(kml);
 
