diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 9a3d769aa2..91eddaf93b 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
 
 #define VIRTIO_NET_VM_VERSION    11
 
diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index d7892b7956..60486d4066 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -26,4 +26,14 @@ void blk_mig_init(void);
 static inline void blk_mig_init(void) {}
 #endif
 
+#define SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS 5
+
+static inline
+int64_t self_announce_delay(int round)
+{
+    assert(round < SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS && round > 0);
+    /* delay 50ms, 150ms, 250ms, ... */
+    return 50 + (SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS - round - 1) * 100;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index 8a3e9e6088..ee91dff0a1 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -1010,8 +1010,6 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
 #define VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()                                         \
     {}
 
-#define SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS 5
-
 int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                        void *opaque, int version_id);
 void vmstate_save_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
@@ -1043,14 +1041,6 @@ void vmstate_register_ram(struct MemoryRegion *memory, DeviceState *dev);
 void vmstate_unregister_ram(struct MemoryRegion *memory, DeviceState *dev);
 void vmstate_register_ram_global(struct MemoryRegion *memory);
 
-static inline
-int64_t self_announce_delay(int round)
-{
-    assert(round < SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS && round > 0);
-    /* delay 50ms, 150ms, 250ms, ... */
-    return 50 + (SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS - round - 1) * 100;
-}
-
 void dump_vmstate_json_to_file(FILE *out_fp);
 
 bool vmstate_check_only_migratable(const VMStateDescription *vmsd);
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 745caaebef..cc8e4e10fe 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "migration/snapshot.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "ram.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"