diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
index 1e4240fd0d..f2e956813a 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ bool qmp_command_available(const QmpCommand *cmd, Error **errp);
 const char *qmp_command_name(const QmpCommand *cmd);
 bool qmp_has_success_response(const QmpCommand *cmd);
 QDict *qmp_error_response(Error *err);
-QDict *qmp_dispatch(const QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
-                    bool allow_oob, Monitor *cur_mon);
+QDict *coroutine_mixed_fn qmp_dispatch(const QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
+                                       bool allow_oob, Monitor *cur_mon);
 bool qmp_is_oob(const QDict *dict);
 
 typedef void (*qmp_cmd_callback_fn)(const QmpCommand *cmd, void *opaque);
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
index 0990873ec8..555528b6bb 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ static void do_qmp_dispatch_bh(void *opaque)
  * Runs outside of coroutine context for OOB commands, but in coroutine
  * context for everything else.
  */
-QDict *qmp_dispatch(const QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
-                    bool allow_oob, Monitor *cur_mon)
+QDict *coroutine_mixed_fn qmp_dispatch(const QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
+                                       bool allow_oob, Monitor *cur_mon)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
     bool oob;