diff --git a/include/qemu/thread-posix.h b/include/qemu/thread-posix.h
index c903525062..cf8bc90468 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread-posix.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread-posix.h
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 #include <semaphore.h>
 
 typedef QemuMutex QemuRecMutex;
-#define qemu_rec_mutex_destroy qemu_mutex_destroy
-#define qemu_rec_mutex_lock_impl    qemu_mutex_lock_impl
-#define qemu_rec_mutex_trylock_impl qemu_mutex_trylock_impl
-#define qemu_rec_mutex_unlock qemu_mutex_unlock
 
 struct QemuMutex {
     pthread_mutex_t lock;
diff --git a/include/qemu/thread-win32.h b/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
index d0a1a9597e..d95af4498f 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ struct QemuRecMutex {
     bool initialized;
 };
 
-void qemu_rec_mutex_destroy(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
-void qemu_rec_mutex_lock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file, int line);
-int qemu_rec_mutex_trylock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file,
-                                int line);
-void qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
-
 struct QemuCond {
     CONDITION_VARIABLE var;
     bool initialized;
diff --git a/include/qemu/thread.h b/include/qemu/thread.h
index 5435763184..2c0d85f3bc 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread.h
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ int qemu_mutex_trylock_impl(QemuMutex *mutex, const char *file, const int line);
 void qemu_mutex_lock_impl(QemuMutex *mutex, const char *file, const int line);
 void qemu_mutex_unlock_impl(QemuMutex *mutex, const char *file, const int line);
 
+void qemu_rec_mutex_init(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
+void qemu_rec_mutex_destroy(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
+void qemu_rec_mutex_lock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file, int line);
+int qemu_rec_mutex_trylock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file, int line);
+void qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
+
 typedef void (*QemuMutexLockFunc)(QemuMutex *m, const char *f, int l);
 typedef int (*QemuMutexTrylockFunc)(QemuMutex *m, const char *f, int l);
 typedef void (*QemuRecMutexLockFunc)(QemuRecMutex *m, const char *f, int l);
@@ -129,9 +135,6 @@ static inline int (qemu_rec_mutex_trylock)(QemuRecMutex *mutex)
     return qemu_rec_mutex_trylock(mutex);
 }
 
-/* Prototypes for other functions are in thread-posix.h/thread-win32.h.  */
-void qemu_rec_mutex_init(QemuRecMutex *mutex);
-
 void qemu_cond_init(QemuCond *cond);
 void qemu_cond_destroy(QemuCond *cond);
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index dcff5e7c5d..8e2b6653f5 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -124,6 +124,26 @@ void qemu_rec_mutex_init(QemuRecMutex *mutex)
     mutex->initialized = true;
 }
 
+void qemu_rec_mutex_destroy(QemuRecMutex *mutex)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_destroy(mutex);
+}
+
+void qemu_rec_mutex_lock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file, int line)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_lock_impl(mutex, file, line);
+}
+
+int qemu_rec_mutex_trylock_impl(QemuRecMutex *mutex, const char *file, int line)
+{
+    return qemu_mutex_trylock_impl(mutex, file, line);
+}
+
+void qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(QemuRecMutex *mutex)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(mutex);
+}
+
 void qemu_cond_init(QemuCond *cond)
 {
     int err;