diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 92cff906ad..0d8c504e23 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ all: $(PROGS) stap
 #########################################################
 # cpu emulator library
 obj-y = exec.o translate-all.o cpu-exec.o
+obj-y += cpu-exec-common.o
 obj-y += tcg/tcg.o tcg/tcg-op.o tcg/optimize.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += tci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += disas/tci.o
diff --git a/cpu-exec-common.c b/cpu-exec-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16d305b911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu-exec-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ *  emulator main execution loop
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "exec/memory-internal.h"
+
+bool exit_request;
+CPUState *tcg_current_cpu;
+
+/* exit the current TB from a signal handler. The host registers are
+   restored in a state compatible with the CPU emulator
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
+void cpu_resume_from_signal(CPUState *cpu, void *puc)
+{
+    /* XXX: restore cpu registers saved in host registers */
+
+    cpu->exception_index = -1;
+    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
+}
+
+void cpu_reload_memory_map(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    AddressSpaceDispatch *d;
+
+    if (qemu_in_vcpu_thread()) {
+        /* Do not let the guest prolong the critical section as much as it
+         * as it desires.
+         *
+         * Currently, this is prevented by the I/O thread's periodinc kicking
+         * of the VCPU thread (iothread_requesting_mutex, qemu_cpu_kick_thread)
+         * but this will go away once TCG's execution moves out of the global
+         * mutex.
+         *
+         * This pair matches cpu_exec's rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(), which
+         * only protects cpu->as->dispatch.  Since we reload it below, we can
+         * split the critical section.
+         */
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+        rcu_read_lock();
+    }
+
+    /* The CPU and TLB are protected by the iothread lock.  */
+    d = atomic_rcu_read(&cpu->as->dispatch);
+    cpu->memory_dispatch = d;
+    tlb_flush(cpu, 1);
+}
+#endif
+
+void cpu_loop_exit(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpu->current_tb = NULL;
+    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
+}
+
+void cpu_loop_exit_restore(CPUState *cpu, uintptr_t pc)
+{
+    if (pc) {
+        cpu_restore_state(cpu, pc);
+    }
+    cpu->current_tb = NULL;
+    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
+}
diff --git a/cpu-exec.c b/cpu-exec.c
index 89455339ea..947e646ae4 100644
--- a/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/cpu-exec.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
-#include "exec/memory-internal.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
 #include "exec/tb-hash.h"
 
@@ -128,61 +127,6 @@ static void init_delay_params(SyncClocks *sc, const CPUState *cpu)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG USER ONLY */
 
-void cpu_loop_exit(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    cpu->current_tb = NULL;
-    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
-}
-
-void cpu_loop_exit_restore(CPUState *cpu, uintptr_t pc)
-{
-    if (pc) {
-        cpu_restore_state(cpu, pc);
-    }
-    cpu->current_tb = NULL;
-    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
-}
-
-/* exit the current TB from a signal handler. The host registers are
-   restored in a state compatible with the CPU emulator
- */
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
-void cpu_resume_from_signal(CPUState *cpu, void *puc)
-{
-    /* XXX: restore cpu registers saved in host registers */
-
-    cpu->exception_index = -1;
-    siglongjmp(cpu->jmp_env, 1);
-}
-
-void cpu_reload_memory_map(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    AddressSpaceDispatch *d;
-
-    if (qemu_in_vcpu_thread()) {
-        /* Do not let the guest prolong the critical section as much as it
-         * as it desires.
-         *
-         * Currently, this is prevented by the I/O thread's periodinc kicking
-         * of the VCPU thread (iothread_requesting_mutex, qemu_cpu_kick_thread)
-         * but this will go away once TCG's execution moves out of the global
-         * mutex.
-         *
-         * This pair matches cpu_exec's rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(), which
-         * only protects cpu->as->dispatch.  Since we reload it below, we can
-         * split the critical section.
-         */
-        rcu_read_unlock();
-        rcu_read_lock();
-    }
-
-    /* The CPU and TLB are protected by the iothread lock.  */
-    d = atomic_rcu_read(&cpu->as->dispatch);
-    cpu->memory_dispatch = d;
-    tlb_flush(cpu, 1);
-}
-#endif
-
 /* Execute a TB, and fix up the CPU state afterwards if necessary */
 static inline tcg_target_ulong cpu_tb_exec(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *tb_ptr)
 {
@@ -385,9 +329,6 @@ static void cpu_handle_debug_exception(CPUState *cpu)
 
 /* main execution loop */
 
-bool exit_request;
-CPUState *tcg_current_cpu;
-
 int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);