diff --git a/hw/virtio.h b/hw/virtio.h
index d3eb714cca..f885f1b599 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.h
+++ b/hw/virtio.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ static inline target_phys_addr_t vring_align(target_phys_addr_t addr,
 }
 
 typedef struct VirtQueue VirtQueue;
-typedef struct VirtIODevice VirtIODevice;
 
 #define VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE 1024
 
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index e4f9eb48d5..4ba0cdad06 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ typedef struct I2SCodec I2SCodec;
 typedef struct DeviceState DeviceState;
 typedef struct SSIBus SSIBus;
 typedef struct EventNotifier EventNotifier;
+typedef struct VirtIODevice VirtIODevice;
 
 typedef uint64_t pcibus_t;