diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
index ad8b75e286..3487013a4a 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "hw/mips/bios.h"
 #include "hw/ide.h"
+#include "hw/ide/internal.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "elf.h"
 #include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/ide.h b/include/hw/ide.h
index d52c211f32..c5ce5da4f4 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 
-#define MAX_IDE_DEVS	2
-
 /* ide-isa.c */
 ISADevice *isa_ide_init(ISABus *bus, int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
                         DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1);
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/internal.h b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
index 1bc1fc73e5..55da35d768 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ typedef struct IDEDMAOps IDEDMAOps;
 #define TYPE_IDE_BUS "IDE"
 #define IDE_BUS(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(IDEBus, (obj), TYPE_IDE_BUS)
 
+#define MAX_IDE_DEVS 2
+
 /* Bits of HD_STATUS */
 #define ERR_STAT		0x01
 #define INDEX_STAT		0x02