diff --git a/pkg/controller/plan/kubevirt.go b/pkg/controller/plan/kubevirt.go
index 31f6e557f..a56a77650 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/plan/kubevirt.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/plan/kubevirt.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package plan
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	planbase "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/base"
+	"github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/provider/web"
+	model "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/provider/web/vsphere"
+	libref "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/ref"
 	template "github.com/openshift/api/template/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/template/generator"
 	"github.com/openshift/library-go/pkg/template/templateprocessing"
@@ -2409,3 +2413,50 @@ func (r *KubeVirt) EnsurePersistentVolumeClaim(vmRef ref.Ref, persistentVolumeCl
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// Load host CRs.
+func (r *KubeVirt) loadHosts() (hosts map[string]*api.Host, err error) {
+	list := &api.HostList{}
+	err = r.List(
+		context.TODO(),
+		list,
+		&client.ListOptions{
+			Namespace: r.Source.Provider.Namespace,
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = liberr.Wrap(err)
+		return
+	}
+	hostMap := map[string]*api.Host{}
+	for i := range list.Items {
+		host := &list.Items[i]
+		ref := host.Spec.Ref
+		if !libref.Equals(&host.Spec.Provider, &r.Plan.Spec.Provider.Source) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !host.Status.HasCondition(libcnd.Ready) {
+			continue
+		}
+		// it's not that great to have a vSphere-specific entity here but as we don't
+		// intend to do the same for other providers, doing it here for simplicity
+		m := &model.Host{}
+		pErr := r.Source.Inventory.Find(m, ref)
+		if pErr != nil {
+			if errors.As(pErr, &web.NotFoundError{}) {
+				continue
+			} else {
+				err = pErr
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		ref.ID = m.ID
+		ref.Name = m.Name
+		hostMap[ref.ID] = host
+	}
+
+	hosts = hostMap
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/plan/migration.go b/pkg/controller/plan/migration.go
index c633ae80e..5aa0a63e1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/plan/migration.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/plan/migration.go
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 	plancontext "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/plan/context"
 	"github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/plan/scheduler"
 	"github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/provider/web"
-	model "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/provider/web/vsphere"
+
 	libcnd "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/condition"
 	liberr "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/error"
 	libitr "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/itinerary"
-	libref "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/ref"
+
 	"github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/settings"
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func (r *Migration) removeWarmSnapshots(vm *plan.VMStatus) {
 	if vm.Warm == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if err := r.provider.RemoveSnapshots(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, r.loadHosts); err != nil {
+	if err := r.provider.RemoveSnapshots(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, r.kubevirt.loadHosts); err != nil {
 		r.Log.Error(
 			err,
 			"Failed to clean up warm migration snapshots.",
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ func (r *Migration) execute(vm *plan.VMStatus) (err error) {
 				}
 			}
 			if vm.Warm != nil {
-				err = r.provider.SetCheckpoints(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, dataVolumes, false, r.loadHosts)
+				err = r.provider.SetCheckpoints(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, dataVolumes, false, r.kubevirt.loadHosts)
 				if err != nil {
 					step.AddError(err.Error())
 					err = nil
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ func (r *Migration) execute(vm *plan.VMStatus) (err error) {
 			break
 		}
 		var snapshot string
-		if snapshot, err = r.provider.CreateSnapshot(vm.Ref, r.loadHosts); err != nil {
+		if snapshot, err = r.provider.CreateSnapshot(vm.Ref, r.kubevirt.loadHosts); err != nil {
 			if errors.As(err, &web.ProviderNotReadyError{}) || errors.As(err, &web.ConflictError{}) {
 				return
 			}
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ func (r *Migration) execute(vm *plan.VMStatus) (err error) {
 			return
 		}
 		if step.MarkedCompleted() {
-			err = r.provider.RemoveSnapshots(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, r.loadHosts)
+			err = r.provider.RemoveSnapshots(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, r.kubevirt.loadHosts)
 			if err != nil {
 				r.Log.Info(
 					"Failed to clean up warm migration snapshots.",
@@ -1202,53 +1202,6 @@ func (r *Migration) execute(vm *plan.VMStatus) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-// Load host CRs.
-func (r *Migration) loadHosts() (hosts map[string]*v1beta1.Host, err error) {
-	list := &v1beta1.HostList{}
-	err = r.List(
-		context.TODO(),
-		list,
-		&client.ListOptions{
-			Namespace: r.Source.Provider.Namespace,
-		},
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		err = liberr.Wrap(err)
-		return
-	}
-	hostMap := map[string]*v1beta1.Host{}
-	for i := range list.Items {
-		host := &list.Items[i]
-		ref := host.Spec.Ref
-		if !libref.Equals(&host.Spec.Provider, &r.Plan.Spec.Provider.Source) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if !host.Status.HasCondition(libcnd.Ready) {
-			continue
-		}
-		// it's not that great to have a vSphere-specific entity here but as we don't
-		// intend to do the same for other providers, doing it here for simplicity
-		m := &model.Host{}
-		pErr := r.Source.Inventory.Find(m, ref)
-		if pErr != nil {
-			if errors.As(pErr, &web.NotFoundError{}) {
-				continue
-			} else {
-				err = pErr
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		ref.ID = m.ID
-		ref.Name = m.Name
-		hostMap[ref.ID] = host
-	}
-
-	hosts = hostMap
-
-	return
-}
-
 func (r *Migration) resetPrecopyTasks(vm *plan.VMStatus, step *plan.Step) {
 	step.Completed = nil
 	for _, task := range step.Tasks {
@@ -1764,7 +1717,7 @@ func (r *Migration) setDataVolumeCheckpoints(vm *plan.VMStatus) (err error) {
 	for _, disk := range disks {
 		dvs = append(dvs, *disk.DataVolume)
 	}
-	err = r.provider.SetCheckpoints(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, dvs, vm.Phase == AddFinalCheckpoint, r.loadHosts)
+	err = r.provider.SetCheckpoints(vm.Ref, vm.Warm.Precopies, dvs, vm.Phase == AddFinalCheckpoint, r.kubevirt.loadHosts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}