diff --git a/include/qemu/bitops.h b/include/qemu/bitops.h
index a72f69fea8..03213ce952 100644
--- a/include/qemu/bitops.h
+++ b/include/qemu/bitops.h
@@ -291,6 +291,35 @@ static inline uint64_t ror64(uint64_t word, unsigned int shift)
     return (word >> shift) | (word << ((64 - shift) & 63));
 }
 
+/**
+ * hswap32 - swap 16-bit halfwords within a 32-bit value
+ * @h: value to swap
+ */
+static inline uint32_t hswap32(uint32_t h)
+{
+    return rol32(h, 16);
+}
+
+/**
+ * hswap64 - swap 16-bit halfwords within a 64-bit value
+ * @h: value to swap
+ */
+static inline uint64_t hswap64(uint64_t h)
+{
+    uint64_t m = 0x0000ffff0000ffffull;
+    h = rol64(h, 32);
+    return ((h & m) << 16) | ((h >> 16) & m);
+}
+
+/**
+ * wswap64 - swap 32-bit words within a 64-bit value
+ * @h: value to swap
+ */
+static inline uint64_t wswap64(uint64_t h)
+{
+    return rol64(h, 32);
+}
+
 /**
  * extract32:
  * @value: the value to extract the bit field from
diff --git a/target/arm/sve_helper.c b/target/arm/sve_helper.c
index 321098e265..dab5f1d1cd 100644
--- a/target/arm/sve_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/sve_helper.c
@@ -152,26 +152,6 @@ static inline uint64_t expand_pred_s(uint8_t byte)
     return word[byte & 0x11];
 }
 
-/* Swap 16-bit words within a 32-bit word.  */
-static inline uint32_t hswap32(uint32_t h)
-{
-    return rol32(h, 16);
-}
-
-/* Swap 16-bit words within a 64-bit word.  */
-static inline uint64_t hswap64(uint64_t h)
-{
-    uint64_t m = 0x0000ffff0000ffffull;
-    h = rol64(h, 32);
-    return ((h & m) << 16) | ((h >> 16) & m);
-}
-
-/* Swap 32-bit words within a 64-bit word.  */
-static inline uint64_t wswap64(uint64_t h)
-{
-    return rol64(h, 32);
-}
-
 #define LOGICAL_PPPP(NAME, FUNC) \
 void HELPER(NAME)(void *vd, void *vn, void *vm, void *vg, uint32_t desc)  \
 {                                                                         \