diff --git a/nova/virt/configdrive.py b/nova/virt/configdrive.py
index 7ae97f2ecd..86ef13ed0f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/configdrive.py
+++ b/nova/virt/configdrive.py
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ configdrive_opts = [
                default=tempfile.tempdir,
                help=('Where to put temporary files associated with '
                      'config drive creation')),
+    # force_config_drive is a string option, to allow for future behaviors
+    #  (e.g. use config_drive based on image properties)
+    cfg.StrOpt('force_config_drive',
+               default=None,
+               help='Set to force injection to take place on a config drive '
+                    '(if set, valid options are: always)'),
     ]
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -142,3 +148,11 @@ class ConfigDriveBuilder(object):
             shutil.rmtree(self.tempdir)
         except OSError, e:
             LOG.error(_('Could not remove tmpdir: %s'), str(e))
+
+
+def required_by(instance):
+    return instance.get('config_drive') or FLAGS.force_config_drive
+
+
+def enabled_for(instance):
+    return required_by(instance) or instance.get('config_drive_id')
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 0492035392..fd241c38d3 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ libvirt_opts = [
                 default=True,
                 help='Use a separated OS thread pool to realize non-blocking'
                      ' libvirt calls'),
-    # force_config_drive is a string option, to allow for future behaviors
-    #  (e.g. use config_drive based on image properties)
-    cfg.StrOpt('force_config_drive',
-               default=None,
-               help='Set to force injection to take place on a config drive '
-                    '(if set, valid options are: always)'),
     cfg.StrOpt('libvirt_cpu_mode',
                default=None,
                help='Set to "host-model" to clone the host CPU feature flags; '
@@ -1250,13 +1244,6 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         if not suffix:
             suffix = ''
 
-        # Are we using a config drive?
-        using_config_drive = False
-        if (instance.get('config_drive') or
-            FLAGS.force_config_drive):
-            LOG.info(_('Using config drive'), instance=instance)
-            using_config_drive = True
-
         # syntactic nicety
         def basepath(fname='', suffix=suffix):
             return os.path.join(FLAGS.instances_path,
@@ -1398,7 +1385,8 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         net = netutils.get_injected_network_template(network_info)
 
         # Config drive
-        if using_config_drive:
+        if configdrive.required_by(instance):
+            LOG.info(_('Using config drive'), instance=instance)
             extra_md = {}
             if admin_pass:
                 extra_md['admin_pass'] = admin_pass
@@ -1657,9 +1645,7 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
                                                     mount_device)
                     devices.append(cfg)
 
-            if (instance.get('config_drive') or
-                instance.get('config_drive_id') or
-                FLAGS.force_config_drive):
+            if configdrive.enabled_for(instance):
                 diskconfig = config.LibvirtConfigGuestDisk()
                 diskconfig.source_type = "file"
                 diskconfig.driver_format = "raw"