diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
index ba022fdff9..2c8d4052ef 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ mod arch_specific {
     use crate::types::*;
     use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 
-    const PROC_CPUINFO: &str = "/proc/cpuinfo";
     const CPUINFO_DELIMITER: &str = "processor ";
     const CPUINFO_FEATURES_TAG: &str = "features";
     const CPU_FEATURES_REQ: &[&str] = &["sie"];
@@ -21,12 +20,12 @@ mod arch_specific {
     fn check_cpu() -> Result<()> {
         println!("INFO: check CPU: s390x");
 
-        let cpu_info = check::get_single_cpu_info(PROC_CPUINFO, CPUINFO_DELIMITER)?;
+        let cpu_info = check::get_single_cpu_info(check::PROC_CPUINFO, CPUINFO_DELIMITER)?;
 
         let cpu_features = check::get_cpu_flags(&cpu_info, CPUINFO_FEATURES_TAG).map_err(|e| {
             anyhow!(
                 "Error parsing CPU features, file {:?}, {:?}",
-                PROC_CPUINFO,
+                check::PROC_CPUINFO,
                 e
             )
         })?;
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
index 53413b2c57..1fda3d228e 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ mod arch_specific {
     use crate::types::*;
     use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 
-    const PROC_CPUINFO: &str = "/proc/cpuinfo";
     const CPUINFO_DELIMITER: &str = "\nprocessor";
     const CPUINFO_FLAGS_TAG: &str = "flags";
     const CPU_FLAGS_INTEL: &[&str] = &["lm", "sse4_1", "vmx"];
@@ -32,10 +31,15 @@ mod arch_specific {
     fn check_cpu(_args: &str) -> Result<()> {
         println!("INFO: check CPU: x86_64");
 
-        let cpu_info = check::get_single_cpu_info(PROC_CPUINFO, CPUINFO_DELIMITER)?;
+        let cpu_info = check::get_single_cpu_info(check::PROC_CPUINFO, CPUINFO_DELIMITER)?;
 
-        let cpu_flags = check::get_cpu_flags(&cpu_info, CPUINFO_FLAGS_TAG)
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Error parsing CPU flags, file {:?}, {:?}", PROC_CPUINFO, e))?;
+        let cpu_flags = check::get_cpu_flags(&cpu_info, CPUINFO_FLAGS_TAG).map_err(|e| {
+            anyhow!(
+                "Error parsing CPU flags, file {:?}, {:?}",
+                check::PROC_CPUINFO,
+                e
+            )
+        })?;
 
         // perform checks
         // TODO: Perform checks based on hypervisor type
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
index 1396062706..690be4457a 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const JSON_TYPE: &str = "application/json";
 
 const USER_AGT: &str = "kata";
 
+pub const PROC_CPUINFO: &str = "/proc/cpuinfo";
+
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 fn get_cpu_info(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<String> {
     let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(cpu_info_file)?;