diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index 85d2406400..811084b6a7 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
 #include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "nvme.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.h b/hw/block/nvme.h
index 8f3981121d..cabcf20c32 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.h
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef HW_NVME_H
 #define HW_NVME_H
-#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "block/nvme.h"
 
 typedef struct NvmeAsyncEvent {