diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 2316a64139..f48b5aa166 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -695,16 +695,7 @@ extern const void *tcg_code_gen_epilogue;
 extern uintptr_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
 extern TCGv_env cpu_env;
 
-static inline bool in_code_gen_buffer(const void *p)
-{
-    const TCGContext *s = &tcg_init_ctx;
-    /*
-     * Much like it is valid to have a pointer to the byte past the
-     * end of an array (so long as you don't dereference it), allow
-     * a pointer to the byte past the end of the code gen buffer.
-     */
-    return (size_t)(p - s->code_gen_buffer) <= s->code_gen_buffer_size;
-}
+bool in_code_gen_buffer(const void *p);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG
 const void *tcg_splitwx_to_rx(void *rw);
diff --git a/tcg/region.c b/tcg/region.c
index 445a278702..5beba41412 100644
--- a/tcg/region.c
+++ b/tcg/region.c
@@ -68,6 +68,40 @@ static struct tcg_region_state region;
 static void *region_trees;
 static size_t tree_size;
 
+bool in_code_gen_buffer(const void *p)
+{
+    const TCGContext *s = &tcg_init_ctx;
+    /*
+     * Much like it is valid to have a pointer to the byte past the
+     * end of an array (so long as you don't dereference it), allow
+     * a pointer to the byte past the end of the code gen buffer.
+     */
+    return (size_t)(p - s->code_gen_buffer) <= s->code_gen_buffer_size;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG
+const void *tcg_splitwx_to_rx(void *rw)
+{
+    /* Pass NULL pointers unchanged. */
+    if (rw) {
+        g_assert(in_code_gen_buffer(rw));
+        rw += tcg_splitwx_diff;
+    }
+    return rw;
+}
+
+void *tcg_splitwx_to_rw(const void *rx)
+{
+    /* Pass NULL pointers unchanged. */
+    if (rx) {
+        rx -= tcg_splitwx_diff;
+        /* Assert that we end with a pointer in the rw region. */
+        g_assert(in_code_gen_buffer(rx));
+    }
+    return (void *)rx;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG */
+
 /* compare a pointer @ptr and a tb_tc @s */
 static int ptr_cmp_tb_tc(const void *ptr, const struct tb_tc *s)
 {
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 9880d5205e..4bb35b455b 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -416,29 +416,6 @@ static const TCGTargetOpDef constraint_sets[] = {
 
 #include "tcg-target.c.inc"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG
-const void *tcg_splitwx_to_rx(void *rw)
-{
-    /* Pass NULL pointers unchanged. */
-    if (rw) {
-        g_assert(in_code_gen_buffer(rw));
-        rw += tcg_splitwx_diff;
-    }
-    return rw;
-}
-
-void *tcg_splitwx_to_rw(const void *rx)
-{
-    /* Pass NULL pointers unchanged. */
-    if (rx) {
-        rx -= tcg_splitwx_diff;
-        /* Assert that we end with a pointer in the rw region. */
-        g_assert(in_code_gen_buffer(rx));
-    }
-    return (void *)rx;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG */
-
 static void alloc_tcg_plugin_context(TCGContext *s)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN