diff --git a/Ganeti/HTools/Cluster.hs b/Ganeti/HTools/Cluster.hs
index 65403b854ef42a6c2deb373d91f61a0bb9af8d07..c1f43200bc0fcf2337256ed5673ffcb8a43ece87 100644
--- a/Ganeti/HTools/Cluster.hs
+++ b/Ganeti/HTools/Cluster.hs
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ import qualified Ganeti.OpCodes as OpCodes
 -- * Types
 
 -- | Allocation\/relocation solution.
-type AllocSolution = ([FailMode], Int, [(Score, AllocElement)])
-
--- | Allocation\/relocation element.
-type AllocElement = (Node.List, Instance.Instance, [Node.Node])
+type AllocSolution = ([FailMode], Int, [(Score, Node.AllocElement)])
 
 -- | The complete state for the balancing solution
 data Table = Table Node.List Instance.List Score [Placement]
@@ -342,7 +339,7 @@ applyMove nl inst (FailoverAndReplace new_sdx) =
 
 -- | Tries to allocate an instance on one given node.
 allocateOnSingle :: Node.List -> Instance.Instance -> Node.Node
-                 -> OpResult AllocElement
+                 -> OpResult Node.AllocElement
 allocateOnSingle nl inst p =
     let new_pdx = Node.idx p
         new_inst = Instance.setBoth inst new_pdx Node.noSecondary
@@ -352,7 +349,7 @@ allocateOnSingle nl inst p =
 
 -- | Tries to allocate an instance on a given pair of nodes.
 allocateOnPair :: Node.List -> Instance.Instance -> Node.Node -> Node.Node
-               -> OpResult AllocElement
+               -> OpResult Node.AllocElement
 allocateOnPair nl inst tgt_p tgt_s =
     let new_pdx = Node.idx tgt_p
         new_sdx = Node.idx tgt_s
@@ -492,7 +489,7 @@ collapseFailures flst =
 
 -- | Update current Allocation solution and failure stats with new
 -- elements
-concatAllocs :: AllocSolution -> OpResult AllocElement -> AllocSolution
+concatAllocs :: AllocSolution -> OpResult Node.AllocElement -> AllocSolution
 concatAllocs (flst, cntok, sols) (OpFail reason) = (reason:flst, cntok, sols)
 
 concatAllocs (flst, cntok, osols) (OpGood ns@(nl, _, _)) =
diff --git a/Ganeti/HTools/Node.hs b/Ganeti/HTools/Node.hs
index 7943c15bef64bd5693781c4953561066c4da6a35..f0006553c91aade5f072a52296af71310cb64a7b 100644
--- a/Ganeti/HTools/Node.hs
+++ b/Ganeti/HTools/Node.hs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ module Ganeti.HTools.Node
     , list
     -- * Misc stuff
     , AssocList
+    , AllocElement
     , noSecondary
     ) where
 
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ type AssocList = [(T.Ndx, Node)]
 -- | A simple name for a node map.
 type List = Container.Container Node
 
+-- | A simple name for an allocation element (here just for logistic
+-- reasons)
+type AllocElement = (List, Instance.Instance, [Node])
+
 -- | Constant node index for a non-moveable instance.
 noSecondary :: T.Ndx
 noSecondary = -1