diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 7bd2ea7736..dd2c70da36 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct QEMUMachine {
 int qemu_register_machine(QEMUMachine *m);
 
 #define TYPE_MACHINE "machine"
+#undef MACHINE  /* BSD defines it and QEMU does not use it */
 #define MACHINE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(MachineState, (obj), TYPE_MACHINE)
 #define MACHINE_GET_CLASS(obj) \
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 0e82f06989..e2e2ac799e 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/usb.h"
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 #include "disas/disas.h"
 
-#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 
 #include "slirp/libslirp.h"