diff --git a/disas/arm-a64.cc b/disas/arm-a64.cc
index 27613d4b25..a1402a2e07 100644
--- a/disas/arm-a64.cc
+++ b/disas/arm-a64.cc
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-extern "C" {
 #include "disas/dis-asm.h"
-}
 
 #include "vixl/a64/disasm-a64.h"
 
diff --git a/disas/nanomips.cpp b/disas/nanomips.cpp
index 8ddef897f0..9be8df75dd 100644
--- a/disas/nanomips.cpp
+++ b/disas/nanomips.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-extern "C" {
 #include "disas/dis-asm.h"
-}
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
diff --git a/include/disas/dis-asm.h b/include/disas/dis-asm.h
index 13fa1edd41..4701445e80 100644
--- a/include/disas/dis-asm.h
+++ b/include/disas/dis-asm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 #ifndef DISAS_DIS_ASM_H
 #define DISAS_DIS_ASM_H
 
+#include "qemu/bswap.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 typedef void *PTR;
 typedef uint64_t bfd_vma;
 typedef int64_t bfd_signed_vma;
@@ -479,8 +485,6 @@ bool cap_disas_plugin(disassemble_info *info, uint64_t pc, size_t size);
 
 /* from libbfd */
 
-#include "qemu/bswap.h"
-
 static inline bfd_vma bfd_getl64(const bfd_byte *addr)
 {
     return ldq_le_p(addr);
@@ -508,4 +512,8 @@ static inline bfd_vma bfd_getb16(const bfd_byte *addr)
 
 typedef bool bfd_boolean;
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* DISAS_DIS_ASM_H */