diff --git a/virtinst/domain/pm.py b/virtinst/domain/pm.py
index 513442072..e6dae9d67 100644
--- a/virtinst/domain/pm.py
+++ b/virtinst/domain/pm.py
@@ -13,3 +13,23 @@ class DomainPm(XMLBuilder):
 
     suspend_to_mem = XMLProperty("./suspend-to-mem/@enabled", is_yesno=True)
     suspend_to_disk = XMLProperty("./suspend-to-disk/@enabled", is_yesno=True)
+
+
+    ##################
+    # Default config #
+    ##################
+
+    def set_defaults(self, guest):
+        # When the suspend feature is exposed to VMs, an ACPI shutdown
+        # event triggers a suspend in the guest, which causes a lot of
+        # user confusion (especially compounded with the face that suspend
+        # is often buggy so VMs can get hung, etc).
+        #
+        # We've been disabling this in virt-manager for a while, but lets
+        # do it here too for consistency.
+        if (guest.os.is_x86() and
+            self.conn.check_support(self.conn.SUPPORT_CONN_PM_DISABLE)):
+            if self.suspend_to_mem is None:
+                self.suspend_to_mem = False
+            if self.suspend_to_disk is None:
+                self.suspend_to_disk = False
diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
index 11e0a0b01..ec56f32f8 100644
--- a/virtinst/guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/guest.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
         self.features.set_defaults(self)
         for seclabel in self.seclabels:
             seclabel.set_defaults(self)
-        self._set_pm_defaults()
+        self.pm.set_defaults(self)
 
         for dev in self.devices.get_all():
             dev.set_defaults(self)
@@ -918,21 +918,6 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
                 if i.name == "hypervclock":
                     self.clock.remove_timer(i)
 
-    def _set_pm_defaults(self):
-        # When the suspend feature is exposed to VMs, an ACPI shutdown
-        # event triggers a suspend in the guest, which causes a lot of
-        # user confusion (especially compounded with the face that suspend
-        # is often buggy so VMs can get hung, etc).
-        #
-        # We've been disabling this in virt-manager for a while, but lets
-        # do it here too for consistency.
-        if (self.os.is_x86() and
-            self.conn.check_support(self.conn.SUPPORT_CONN_PM_DISABLE)):
-            if self.pm.suspend_to_mem is None:
-                self.pm.suspend_to_mem = False
-            if self.pm.suspend_to_disk is None:
-                self.pm.suspend_to_disk = False
-
     def _add_implied_controllers(self):
         has_spapr_scsi = False
         has_virtio_scsi = False