diff --git a/dump/dump.c b/dump/dump.c
index f57ed76fa7..5d71c47d06 100644
--- a/dump/dump.c
+++ b/dump/dump.c
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ static void dump_state_prepare(DumpState *s)
     *s = (DumpState) { .status = DUMP_STATUS_ACTIVE };
 }
 
-bool dump_in_progress(void)
+bool qemu_system_dump_in_progress(void)
 {
     DumpState *state = &dump_state_global;
     return (qatomic_read(&state->status) == DUMP_STATUS_ACTIVE);
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ void qmp_dump_guest_memory(bool paging, const char *file,
 
     /* if there is a dump in background, we should wait until the dump
      * finished */
-    if (dump_in_progress()) {
+    if (qemu_system_dump_in_progress()) {
         error_setg(errp, "There is a dump in process, please wait.");
         return;
     }
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index fdb0b16166..5f53a0e112 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -76,8 +76,4 @@ int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial);
 
 void page_size_init(void);
 
-/* returns non-zero if dump is in progress, otherwise zero is
- * returned. */
-bool dump_in_progress(void);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/runstate.h b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
index a535691573..c3f445dd26 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/runstate.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void qemu_system_killed(int signal, pid_t pid);
 void qemu_system_reset(ShutdownCause reason);
 void qemu_system_guest_panicked(GuestPanicInformation *info);
 void qemu_system_guest_crashloaded(GuestPanicInformation *info);
+bool qemu_system_dump_in_progress(void);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/monitor/qmp-cmds.c b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
index 0b04855ce8..883cf1ca4b 100644
--- a/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void qmp_stop(Error **errp)
 {
     /* if there is a dump in background, we should wait until the dump
      * finished */
-    if (dump_in_progress()) {
+    if (qemu_system_dump_in_progress()) {
         error_setg(errp, "There is a dump in process, please wait.");
         return;
     }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void qmp_cont(Error **errp)
 
     /* if there is a dump in background, we should wait until the dump
      * finished */
-    if (dump_in_progress()) {
+    if (qemu_system_dump_in_progress()) {
         error_setg(errp, "There is a dump in process, please wait.");
         return;
     }