diff --git a/dma.h b/dma.h
index 3d8324bb54..a6db5bacbb 100644
--- a/dma.h
+++ b/dma.h
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ typedef struct {
     target_phys_addr_t len;
 } ScatterGatherEntry;
 
-typedef struct {
+struct QEMUSGList {
     ScatterGatherEntry *sg;
     int nsg;
     int nalloc;
     target_phys_addr_t size;
-} QEMUSGList;
+};
 
 void qemu_sglist_init(QEMUSGList *qsg, int alloc_hint);
 void qemu_sglist_add(QEMUSGList *qsg, target_phys_addr_t base,
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index 1e3c66511e..c7064d3620 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ typedef struct I2SCodec I2SCodec;
 typedef struct SSIBus SSIBus;
 typedef struct EventNotifier EventNotifier;
 typedef struct VirtIODevice VirtIODevice;
+typedef struct QEMUSGList QEMUSGList;
 
 typedef uint64_t pcibus_t;