diff --git a/target/mips/cpu.c b/target/mips/cpu.c
index f995e88776..05caf54999 100644
--- a/target/mips/cpu.c
+++ b/target/mips/cpu.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-clock.h"
 #include "semihosting/semihost.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
 #include "fpu_helper.h"
 
 const char regnames[32][3] = {
@@ -624,34 +623,6 @@ static void mips_cpu_register_types(void)
 
 type_init(mips_cpu_register_types)
 
-static void mips_cpu_add_definition(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
-{
-    ObjectClass *oc = data;
-    CpuDefinitionInfoList **cpu_list = user_data;
-    CpuDefinitionInfo *info;
-    const char *typename;
-
-    typename = object_class_get_name(oc);
-    info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
-    info->name = g_strndup(typename,
-                           strlen(typename) - strlen("-" TYPE_MIPS_CPU));
-    info->q_typename = g_strdup(typename);
-
-    QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
-}
-
-CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
-{
-    CpuDefinitionInfoList *cpu_list = NULL;
-    GSList *list;
-
-    list = object_class_get_list(TYPE_MIPS_CPU, false);
-    g_slist_foreach(list, mips_cpu_add_definition, &cpu_list);
-    g_slist_free(list);
-
-    return cpu_list;
-}
-
 /* Could be used by generic CPU object */
 MIPSCPU *mips_cpu_create_with_clock(const char *cpu_type, Clock *cpu_refclk)
 {
diff --git a/target/mips/sysemu/meson.build b/target/mips/sysemu/meson.build
index cefc227582..261492de5b 100644
--- a/target/mips/sysemu/meson.build
+++ b/target/mips/sysemu/meson.build
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ mips_softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'cp0.c',
   'cp0_timer.c',
   'machine.c',
+  'mips-qmp-cmds.c',
   'physaddr.c',
 ))
diff --git a/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c b/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6db4626412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/sysemu/mips-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU MIPS CPU (monitor definitions)
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+static void mips_cpu_add_definition(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    ObjectClass *oc = data;
+    CpuDefinitionInfoList **cpu_list = user_data;
+    CpuDefinitionInfo *info;
+    const char *typename;
+
+    typename = object_class_get_name(oc);
+    info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+    info->name = g_strndup(typename,
+                           strlen(typename) - strlen("-" TYPE_MIPS_CPU));
+    info->q_typename = g_strdup(typename);
+
+    QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
+}
+
+CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
+{
+    CpuDefinitionInfoList *cpu_list = NULL;
+    GSList *list;
+
+    list = object_class_get_list(TYPE_MIPS_CPU, false);
+    g_slist_foreach(list, mips_cpu_add_definition, &cpu_list);
+    g_slist_free(list);
+
+    return cpu_list;
+}