diff --git a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
index d73bc81..6233e0a 100644
--- a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
+++ b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
@@ -367,13 +367,7 @@
             return null;
         }
         File configFilePath = new File(thisVmDir, CONFIG_FILE);
-        VirtualMachineConfig config;
-        try (FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(configFilePath)) {
-            config = VirtualMachineConfig.from(input);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new VirtualMachineException("Failed to read config file", e);
-        }
-
+        VirtualMachineConfig config = VirtualMachineConfig.from(configFilePath);
         Map<String, WeakReference<VirtualMachine>> instancesMap = getInstancesMap(context);
 
         VirtualMachine vm = null;
diff --git a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachineConfig.java b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachineConfig.java
index d1a18ae..593a57d 100644
--- a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachineConfig.java
+++ b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachineConfig.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.system.virtualizationservice.VirtualMachinePayloadConfig;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -182,9 +183,19 @@
         mNumCpus = numCpus;
     }
 
+    /** Loads a config from a file. */
+    @NonNull
+    static VirtualMachineConfig from(@NonNull File file) throws VirtualMachineException {
+        try (FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+            return fromInputStream(input);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new VirtualMachineException("Failed to read VM config from file", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Loads a config from a stream, for example a file. */
     @NonNull
-    static VirtualMachineConfig from(@NonNull InputStream input)
+    private static VirtualMachineConfig fromInputStream(@NonNull InputStream input)
             throws IOException, VirtualMachineException {
         PersistableBundle b = PersistableBundle.readFromStream(input);
         int version = b.getInt(KEY_VERSION);