diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0f42c2de0b..f1999d0e99 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3556,6 +3556,7 @@ virTypedParamListAddString;
 virTypedParamListAddUInt;
 virTypedParamListAddULLong;
 virTypedParamListConcat;
+virTypedParamListFetch;
 virTypedParamListFree;
 virTypedParamListFromParams;
 virTypedParamListNew;
diff --git a/src/util/virtypedparam.c b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
index 6ac9a4e2f3..05dea25165 100644
--- a/src/util/virtypedparam.c
+++ b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
@@ -746,6 +746,32 @@ virTypedParamListFree(virTypedParamList *list)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * virTypedParamListFetch:
+ *
+ * @list: virTypedParamList object
+ * @par: if not NULL filled with the typed parameters stored in @list
+ * @npar: if not NULL filled with the number of typed parameters stored in @list
+ *
+ * Checks that @list has no errors stored and optionally fills @par and @npar
+ * with a valid list of typed parameters. The typed parameters still belong to
+ * @list and will be freed together.
+ */
+int
+virTypedParamListFetch(virTypedParamList *list,
+                       virTypedParameterPtr *par,
+                       size_t *npar)
+{
+    if (par)
+        *par = list->par;
+
+    if (npar)
+        *npar = list->npar;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 size_t
 virTypedParamListStealParams(virTypedParamList *list,
                              virTypedParameterPtr *params)
diff --git a/src/util/virtypedparam.h b/src/util/virtypedparam.h
index 45422c2673..628c951432 100644
--- a/src/util/virtypedparam.h
+++ b/src/util/virtypedparam.h
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ size_t
 virTypedParamListStealParams(virTypedParamList *list,
                              virTypedParameterPtr *params);
 
+int
+virTypedParamListFetch(virTypedParamList *list,
+                           virTypedParameterPtr *par,
+                           size_t *npar)
+    G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
 virTypedParamList *
 virTypedParamListFromParams(virTypedParameterPtr *params,
                             size_t nparams);