diff --git a/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py b/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
index 603e65e1e..32cb79eaf 100644
--- a/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
+++ b/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
@@ -466,8 +466,7 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
         if not path:
             return
 
-        active, inactive = util.fetch_all_guests(conn)
-        vms = active + inactive
+        vms = conn.fetch_all_guests()
 
         def count_cb(ctx):
             c = 0
diff --git a/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py b/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py
index f3488d9dc..74b4a6563 100644
--- a/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py
+++ b/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py
@@ -336,10 +336,9 @@ class VirtualNetworkInterface(VirtualDevice):
         if mac is None:
             return (False, None)
 
-        vms, inactive_vm = util.fetch_all_guests(conn)
+        vms = self.conn.fetch_all_guests()
 
-        if (_countMACaddr(vms, mac) > 0 or
-            _countMACaddr(inactive_vm, mac) > 0):
+        if _countMACaddr(vms, mac) > 0:
             return (True, _("The MAC address '%s' is in use "
                             "by another virtual machine.") % mac)
 
diff --git a/virtinst/connection.py b/virtinst/connection.py
index 9f851589a..449b1945a 100644
--- a/virtinst/connection.py
+++ b/virtinst/connection.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import re
 
 import libvirt
 
+from virtinst import pollhelpers
 from virtinst import support
 from virtinst import util
 from virtinst import CapabilitiesParser
@@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ class VirtualConnection(object):
         self._fixup_virtinst_test_uri(conn)
         self._libvirtconn = conn
 
+    def fetch_all_guests(self):
+        ignore, ignore, ret = pollhelpers.fetch_vms(self, {},
+                                                    lambda obj, ignore: obj)
+        return ret.values()
+
+    def fetch_all_pools(self):
+        ignore, ignore, ret = pollhelpers.fetch_pools(self, {},
+                                                    lambda obj, ignore: obj)
+        return ret.values()
+
 
     #########################
     # Public version checks #
diff --git a/virtinst/util.py b/virtinst/util.py
index 8c65e7f7b..c443ecd01 100644
--- a/virtinst/util.py
+++ b/virtinst/util.py
@@ -167,36 +167,6 @@ def xml_append(orig, new):
     return orig + new
 
 
-def fetch_all_guests(conn):
-    """
-    Return 2 lists: ([all_running_vms], [all_nonrunning_vms])
-    """
-    active = []
-    inactive = []
-
-    # Get all active VMs
-    ids = conn.listDomainsID()
-    for i in ids:
-        try:
-            vm = conn.lookupByID(i)
-            active.append(vm)
-        except libvirt.libvirtError:
-            # guest probably in process of dieing
-            logging.warn("Failed to lookup active domain id %d", i)
-
-    # Get all inactive VMs
-    names = conn.listDefinedDomains()
-    for name in names:
-        try:
-            vm = conn.lookupByName(name)
-            inactive.append(vm)
-        except:
-            # guest probably in process of dieing
-            logging.warn("Failed to lookup inactive domain %d", name)
-
-    return (active, inactive)
-
-
 def set_xml_path(xml, path, newval):
     """
     Set the passed xml xpath to the new value
@@ -494,19 +464,15 @@ def lookup_pool_by_path(conn, path):
     if not conn.check_conn_support(conn.SUPPORT_CONN_STORAGE):
         return None
 
-    def check_pool(poolname, path):
-        pool = conn.storagePoolLookupByName(poolname)
+    def check_pool(pool, path):
         xml_path = get_xml_path(pool.XMLDesc(0), "/pool/target/path")
         if xml_path is not None and os.path.abspath(xml_path) == path:
             return pool
 
-    running_list = conn.listStoragePools()
-    inactive_list = conn.listDefinedStoragePools()
-    for plist in [running_list, inactive_list]:
-        for name in plist:
-            p = check_pool(name, path)
-            if p:
-                return p
+    for pool in conn.fetch_all_pools():
+        p = check_pool(pool, path)
+        if p:
+            return p
     return None