diff --git a/cpus.h b/cpus.h
index e0211260c3..6fdeb0d8f2 100644
--- a/cpus.h
+++ b/cpus.h
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ void resume_all_vcpus(void);
 void pause_all_vcpus(void);
 void cpu_stop_current(void);
 
+void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void);
+void cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset(void);
+void cpu_synchronize_all_post_init(void);
+
 /* vl.c */
 extern int smp_cores;
 extern int smp_threads;
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 03fce62975..be44fdb473 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
+#include "cpus.h"
 
 #define SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS 5
 
diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index a379024120..6effd8a122 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ int load_vmstate(const char *name);
 void do_delvm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void do_info_snapshots(Monitor *mon);
 
-void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void);
-void cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset(void);
-void cpu_synchronize_all_post_init(void);
-
 void qemu_announce_self(void);
 
 void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking);