diff --git a/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.h b/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.h
index 5ec30dba25..ef55f7c185 100644
--- a/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/aarch64/tcg-target.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE  4
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 24
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
 #undef TCG_TARGET_STACK_GROWSUP
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/tcg/arm/tcg-target.h b/tcg/arm/tcg-target.h
index d6222ba2db..57fd0c0c74 100644
--- a/tcg/arm/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/arm/tcg-target.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern int arm_arch;
 #undef TCG_TARGET_STACK_GROWSUP
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE 4
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 16
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  UINT32_MAX
 
 typedef enum {
     TCG_REG_R0 = 0,
diff --git a/tcg/i386/tcg-target.h b/tcg/i386/tcg-target.h
index b693d3692d..ac10066c3e 100644
--- a/tcg/i386/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/i386/tcg-target.h
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 #ifdef __x86_64__
 # define TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS  64
 # define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS   32
+# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
 #else
 # define TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS  32
 # define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS   24
+# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  UINT32_MAX
 #endif
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
index c2c32fb38f..e81e824cab 100644
--- a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 16
 #define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS 32
 
+/*
+ * We have a 256MB branch region, but leave room to make sure the
+ * main executable is also within that region.
+ */
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (128 * MiB)
+
 typedef enum {
     TCG_REG_ZERO = 0,
     TCG_REG_AT,
diff --git a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
index d1339afc66..c13ed5640a 100644
--- a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 
 #ifdef _ARCH_PPC64
 # define TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS  64
+# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
 #else
 # define TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS  32
+# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (32 * MiB)
 #endif
 
 #define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS 64
diff --git a/tcg/region.c b/tcg/region.c
index 57069a38ff..13087aa0c9 100644
--- a/tcg/region.c
+++ b/tcg/region.c
@@ -401,37 +401,14 @@ static size_t tcg_n_regions(unsigned max_cpus)
 /*
  * Minimum size of the code gen buffer.  This number is randomly chosen,
  * but not so small that we can't have a fair number of TB's live.
+ *
+ * Maximum size, MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE, is defined in tcg-target.h.
+ * Unless otherwise indicated, this is constrained by the range of
+ * direct branches on the host cpu, as used by the TCG implementation
+ * of goto_tb.
  */
 #define MIN_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE     (1 * MiB)
 
-/*
- * Maximum size of the code gen buffer we'd like to use.  Unless otherwise
- * indicated, this is constrained by the range of direct branches on the
- * host cpu, as used by the TCG implementation of goto_tb.
- */
-#if defined(__x86_64__)
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
-#elif defined(__sparc__)
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
-#elif defined(__powerpc64__)
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
-#elif defined(__powerpc__)
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (32 * MiB)
-#elif defined(__aarch64__)
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
-#elif defined(__s390x__)
-  /* We have a +- 4GB range on the branches; leave some slop.  */
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (3 * GiB)
-#elif defined(__mips__)
-  /*
-   * We have a 256MB branch region, but leave room to make sure the
-   * main executable is also within that region.
-   */
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (128 * MiB)
-#else
-# define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  ((size_t)-1)
-#endif
-
 #if TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 32
 #define DEFAULT_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE_1 (32 * MiB)
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
diff --git a/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.h b/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.h
index 727c8df418..87ea94666b 100644
--- a/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/riscv/tcg-target.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE 4
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 20
 #define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS 32
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  ((size_t)-1)
 
 typedef enum {
     TCG_REG_ZERO,
diff --git a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
index 641464eea4..b04b72b7eb 100644
--- a/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/s390/tcg-target.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE 2
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 19
 
+/* We have a +- 4GB range on the branches; leave some slop.  */
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (3 * GiB)
+
 typedef enum TCGReg {
     TCG_REG_R0 = 0,
     TCG_REG_R1,
diff --git a/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.h b/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.h
index f66f5d07dc..86bb9a2d39 100644
--- a/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/sparc/tcg-target.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE 4
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 32
 #define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS 32
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  (2 * GiB)
 
 typedef enum {
     TCG_REG_G0 = 0,
diff --git a/tcg/tci/tcg-target.h b/tcg/tci/tcg-target.h
index 52af6d8bc5..d0b5f3fa64 100644
--- a/tcg/tci/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/tci/tcg-target.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define TCG_TARGET_INTERPRETER 1
 #define TCG_TARGET_INSN_UNIT_SIZE 1
 #define TCG_TARGET_TLB_DISPLACEMENT_BITS 32
+#define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  ((size_t)-1)
 
 #if UINTPTR_MAX == UINT32_MAX
 # define TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS 32