diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 05008cbf6a..74ec2648df 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "hw/pci/msi.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 18cdc54bf9..f27a087061 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 
 typedef struct pc_dimms_capacity {
      uint64_t size;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index a82a0f99b3..23cde20019 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/fw-path-provider.h"
 #include "elf.h"
diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5633b856a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef SYSEMU_NUMA_H
+#define SYSEMU_NUMA_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+
+extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
+
+typedef struct node_info {
+    uint64_t node_mem;
+    DECLARE_BITMAP(node_cpu, MAX_CPUMASK_BITS);
+    struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
+    bool present;
+} NodeInfo;
+extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
+void parse_numa_opts(void);
+void numa_post_machine_init(void);
+void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 1ab7063ef8..11040b476f 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -144,24 +144,6 @@ extern int mem_prealloc;
  */
 #define MAX_CPUMASK_BITS 255
 
-extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
-extern int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
-                             * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
-                             */
-
-typedef struct node_info {
-    uint64_t node_mem;
-    DECLARE_BITMAP(node_cpu, MAX_CPUMASK_BITS);
-    struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
-    bool present;
-} NodeInfo;
-extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
-void set_numa_nodes(void);
-void set_numa_modes(void);
-void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
-int numa_init_func(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque);
-
 #define MAX_OPTION_ROMS 16
 typedef struct QEMUOptionRom {
     const char *name;
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 41900dad20..c86a89e9b0 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index f8fc3778cd..5634bf049e 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
 #include "qom/cpu.h"
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/config-file.h"
 
 QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts = {
     .name = "numa",
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts = {
 };
 
 static int have_memdevs = -1;
+static int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
+                             * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
+                             */
+int nb_numa_nodes;
+NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 
 static void numa_node_parse(NumaNodeOptions *node, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ static void numa_node_parse(NumaNodeOptions *node, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     max_numa_nodeid = MAX(max_numa_nodeid, nodenr + 1);
 }
 
-int numa_init_func(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
+static int parse_numa(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
 {
     NumaOptions *object = NULL;
     Error *err = NULL;
@@ -158,10 +165,15 @@ error:
     return -1;
 }
 
-void set_numa_nodes(void)
+void parse_numa_opts(void)
 {
     int i;
 
+    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("numa"), parse_numa,
+                          NULL, 1) != 0) {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
     assert(max_numa_nodeid <= MAX_NODES);
 
     /* No support for sparse NUMA node IDs yet: */
@@ -233,7 +245,7 @@ void set_numa_nodes(void)
     }
 }
 
-void set_numa_modes(void)
+void numa_post_machine_init(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
     int i;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e1ffd0a96a..86bdce07e3 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
@@ -183,10 +184,6 @@ uint8_t qemu_extra_params_fw[2];
 
 int icount_align_option;
 
-int nb_numa_nodes;
-int max_numa_nodeid;
-NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
-
 /* The bytes in qemu_uuid[] are in the order specified by RFC4122, _not_ in the
  * little-endian "wire format" described in the SMBIOS 2.6 specification.
  */
@@ -2816,14 +2813,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     cyls = heads = secs = 0;
     translation = BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_NODES; i++) {
-        numa_info[i].node_mem = 0;
-        numa_info[i].present = false;
-        bitmap_zero(numa_info[i].node_cpu, MAX_CPUMASK_BITS);
-    }
-
-    nb_numa_nodes = 0;
-    max_numa_nodeid = 0;
     nb_nics = 0;
 
     bdrv_init_with_whitelist();
@@ -4163,12 +4152,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     default_drive(default_floppy, snapshot, IF_FLOPPY, 0, FD_OPTS);
     default_drive(default_sdcard, snapshot, IF_SD, 0, SD_OPTS);
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("numa"), numa_init_func,
-                          NULL, 1) != 0) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    set_numa_nodes();
+    parse_numa_opts();
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("mon"), mon_init_func, NULL, 1) != 0) {
         exit(1);
@@ -4227,7 +4211,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_init();
 
-    set_numa_modes();
+    numa_post_machine_init();
 
     /* init USB devices */
     if (usb_enabled()) {