diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 3c7abca..f0309ac 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ extra-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += fsdev/

 common-obj-y += tcg-runtime.o host-utils.o main-loop.o
 common-obj-y += input.o
-common-obj-y += buffered_file.o migration.o migration-tcp.o
+common-obj-y += migration.o migration-tcp.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-char.o #aio.o
 common-obj-y += block-migration.o iohandler.o
 common-obj-y += bitmap.o bitops.o
diff --git a/buffered_file.c b/buffered_file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dda9db8..0000000
--- a/buffered_file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QEMU buffered QEMUFile
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
- *
- * Authors:
- *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
- * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
- *
- * Contributions after 2012-01-13 are licensed under the terms of the
- * GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "hw/hw.h"
-#include "qemu-timer.h"
-#include "qemu-char.h"
-#include "buffered_file.h"
-#include "qemu-thread.h"
-
-//#define DEBUG_BUFFERED_FILE
-
-typedef struct QEMUFileBuffered
-{
-    MigrationState *migration_state;
-    QEMUFile *file;
-    size_t bytes_xfer;
-    size_t xfer_limit;
-    uint8_t *buffer;
-    size_t buffer_size;
-    size_t buffer_capacity;
-    QemuThread thread;
-} QEMUFileBuffered;
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_BUFFERED_FILE
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
-    do { printf("buffered-file: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#else
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
-    do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-static ssize_t buffered_flush(QEMUFileBuffered *s)
-{
-    size_t offset = 0;
-    ssize_t ret = 0;
-
-    DPRINTF("flushing %zu byte(s) of data\n", s->buffer_size);
-
-    while (s->bytes_xfer < s->xfer_limit && offset < s->buffer_size) {
-        size_t to_send = MIN(s->buffer_size - offset, s->xfer_limit - s->bytes_xfer);
-        ret = migrate_fd_put_buffer(s->migration_state, s->buffer + offset,
-                                    to_send);
-        if (ret <= 0) {
-            DPRINTF("error flushing data, %zd\n", ret);
-            break;
-        } else {
-            DPRINTF("flushed %zd byte(s)\n", ret);
-            offset += ret;
-            s->bytes_xfer += ret;
-        }
-    }
-
-    DPRINTF("flushed %zu of %zu byte(s)\n", offset, s->buffer_size);
-    memmove(s->buffer, s->buffer + offset, s->buffer_size - offset);
-    s->buffer_size -= offset;
-
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-    return offset;
-}
-
-static int buffered_put_buffer(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-    ssize_t error;
-
-    DPRINTF("putting %d bytes at %" PRId64 "\n", size, pos);
-
-    error = qemu_file_get_error(s->file);
-    if (error) {
-        DPRINTF("flush when error, bailing: %s\n", strerror(-error));
-        return error;
-    }
-
-    if (size <= 0) {
-        return size;
-    }
-
-    if (size > (s->buffer_capacity - s->buffer_size)) {
-        DPRINTF("increasing buffer capacity from %zu by %zu\n",
-                s->buffer_capacity, size + 1024);
-
-        s->buffer_capacity += size + 1024;
-
-        s->buffer = g_realloc(s->buffer, s->buffer_capacity);
-    }
-
-    memcpy(s->buffer + s->buffer_size, buf, size);
-    s->buffer_size += size;
-
-    return size;
-}
-
-static int buffered_close(void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-    ssize_t ret = 0;
-    int ret2;
-
-    DPRINTF("closing\n");
-
-    s->xfer_limit = INT_MAX;
-    while (!qemu_file_get_error(s->file) && s->buffer_size) {
-        ret = buffered_flush(s);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ret2 = migrate_fd_close(s->migration_state);
-    if (ret >= 0) {
-        ret = ret2;
-    }
-    ret = migrate_fd_close(s->migration_state);
-    s->migration_state->complete = true;
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * The meaning of the return values is:
- *   0: We can continue sending
- *   1: Time to stop
- *   negative: There has been an error
- */
-static int buffered_get_fd(void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-
-    return qemu_get_fd(s->file);
-}
-
-static int buffered_rate_limit(void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = qemu_file_get_error(s->file);
-    if (ret) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    if (s->bytes_xfer > s->xfer_limit)
-        return 1;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int64_t buffered_set_rate_limit(void *opaque, int64_t new_rate)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-    if (qemu_file_get_error(s->file)) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-    if (new_rate > SIZE_MAX) {
-        new_rate = SIZE_MAX;
-    }
-
-    s->xfer_limit = new_rate / 10;
-    
-out:
-    return s->xfer_limit;
-}
-
-static int64_t buffered_get_rate_limit(void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-  
-    return s->xfer_limit;
-}
-
-/* 100ms  xfer_limit is the limit that we should write each 100ms */
-#define BUFFER_DELAY 100
-
-static void *buffered_file_thread(void *opaque)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
-    int64_t initial_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(rt_clock);
-    int64_t max_size = 0;
-    bool last_round = false;
-
-    while (true) {
-        int64_t current_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(rt_clock);
-
-        if (s->migration_state->complete) {
-            break;
-        }
-        if (current_time >= initial_time + BUFFER_DELAY) {
-            uint64_t transferred_bytes = s->bytes_xfer;
-            uint64_t time_spent = current_time - initial_time;
-            double bandwidth = transferred_bytes / time_spent;
-            max_size = bandwidth * migrate_max_downtime() / 1000000;
-
-            DPRINTF("transferred %" PRIu64 " time_spent %" PRIu64
-                    " bandwidth %g max_size %" PRId64 "\n",
-                    transferred_bytes, time_spent, bandwidth, max_size);
-
-            s->bytes_xfer = 0;
-            initial_time = current_time;
-        }
-        if (!last_round && (s->bytes_xfer >= s->xfer_limit)) {
-            /* usleep expects microseconds */
-            g_usleep((initial_time + BUFFER_DELAY - current_time)*1000);
-        }
-        if (buffered_flush(s) < 0) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        DPRINTF("file is ready\n");
-        if (s->bytes_xfer < s->xfer_limit) {
-            DPRINTF("notifying client\n");
-            last_round = migrate_fd_put_ready(s->migration_state, max_size);
-        }
-    }
-
-    g_free(s->buffer);
-    g_free(s);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static const QEMUFileOps buffered_file_ops = {
-    .get_fd =         buffered_get_fd,
-    .put_buffer =     buffered_put_buffer,
-    .close =          buffered_close,
-    .rate_limit =     buffered_rate_limit,
-    .get_rate_limit = buffered_get_rate_limit,
-    .set_rate_limit = buffered_set_rate_limit,
-};
-
-void qemu_fopen_ops_buffered(MigrationState *migration_state)
-{
-    QEMUFileBuffered *s;
-
-    s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
-
-    s->migration_state = migration_state;
-    s->xfer_limit = migration_state->bandwidth_limit / 10;
-    s->migration_state->complete = false;
-
-    s->file = qemu_fopen_ops(s, &buffered_file_ops);
-
-    migration_state->file = s->file;
-
-    qemu_thread_create(&s->thread, buffered_file_thread, s,
-                       QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED);
-}
diff --git a/buffered_file.h b/buffered_file.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a246fd..0000000
--- a/buffered_file.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QEMU buffered QEMUFile
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
- *
- * Authors:
- *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
- * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef QEMU_BUFFERED_FILE_H
-#define QEMU_BUFFERED_FILE_H
-
-#include "hw/hw.h"
-#include "migration.h"
-
-void qemu_fopen_ops_buffered(MigrationState *migration_state);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index fa34e19..26bb85e 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration.h"
 #include "monitor.h"
-#include "buffered_file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "block.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
@@ -587,3 +587,234 @@ int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void)

     return s->xbzrle_cache_size;
 }
+
+/* migration thread support */
+
+typedef struct QEMUFileBuffered {
+    MigrationState *migration_state;
+    QEMUFile *file;
+    size_t bytes_xfer;
+    size_t xfer_limit;
+    uint8_t *buffer;
+    size_t buffer_size;
+    size_t buffer_capacity;
+    QemuThread thread;
+} QEMUFileBuffered;
+
+static ssize_t buffered_flush(QEMUFileBuffered *s)
+{
+    size_t offset = 0;
+    ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+    DPRINTF("flushing %zu byte(s) of data\n", s->buffer_size);
+
+    while (s->bytes_xfer < s->xfer_limit && offset < s->buffer_size) {
+        size_t to_send = MIN(s->buffer_size - offset, s->xfer_limit - s->bytes_xfer);
+        ret = migrate_fd_put_buffer(s->migration_state, s->buffer + offset,
+                                    to_send);
+        if (ret <= 0) {
+            DPRINTF("error flushing data, %zd\n", ret);
+            break;
+        } else {
+            DPRINTF("flushed %zd byte(s)\n", ret);
+            offset += ret;
+            s->bytes_xfer += ret;
+        }
+    }
+
+    DPRINTF("flushed %zu of %zu byte(s)\n", offset, s->buffer_size);
+    memmove(s->buffer, s->buffer + offset, s->buffer_size - offset);
+    s->buffer_size -= offset;
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+    return offset;
+}
+
+static int buffered_put_buffer(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf,
+                               int64_t pos, int size)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+    ssize_t error;
+
+    DPRINTF("putting %d bytes at %" PRId64 "\n", size, pos);
+
+    error = qemu_file_get_error(s->file);
+    if (error) {
+        DPRINTF("flush when error, bailing: %s\n", strerror(-error));
+        return error;
+    }
+
+    if (size <= 0) {
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    if (size > (s->buffer_capacity - s->buffer_size)) {
+        DPRINTF("increasing buffer capacity from %zu by %zu\n",
+                s->buffer_capacity, size + 1024);
+
+        s->buffer_capacity += size + 1024;
+
+        s->buffer = g_realloc(s->buffer, s->buffer_capacity);
+    }
+
+    memcpy(s->buffer + s->buffer_size, buf, size);
+    s->buffer_size += size;
+
+    return size;
+}
+
+static int buffered_close(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+    ssize_t ret = 0;
+    int ret2;
+
+    DPRINTF("closing\n");
+
+    s->xfer_limit = INT_MAX;
+    while (!qemu_file_get_error(s->file) && s->buffer_size) {
+        ret = buffered_flush(s);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret2 = migrate_fd_close(s->migration_state);
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        ret = ret2;
+    }
+    ret = migrate_fd_close(s->migration_state);
+    s->migration_state->complete = true;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int buffered_get_fd(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+
+    return qemu_get_fd(s->file);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The meaning of the return values is:
+ *   0: We can continue sending
+ *   1: Time to stop
+ *   negative: There has been an error
+ */
+static int buffered_rate_limit(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = qemu_file_get_error(s->file);
+    if (ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if (s->bytes_xfer > s->xfer_limit) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int64_t buffered_set_rate_limit(void *opaque, int64_t new_rate)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+    if (qemu_file_get_error(s->file)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    if (new_rate > SIZE_MAX) {
+        new_rate = SIZE_MAX;
+    }
+
+    s->xfer_limit = new_rate / 10;
+
+out:
+    return s->xfer_limit;
+}
+
+static int64_t buffered_get_rate_limit(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+
+    return s->xfer_limit;
+}
+
+/* 100ms  xfer_limit is the limit that we should write each 100ms */
+#define BUFFER_DELAY 100
+
+static void *buffered_file_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s = opaque;
+    int64_t initial_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(rt_clock);
+    int64_t max_size = 0;
+    bool last_round = false;
+
+    while (true) {
+        int64_t current_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(rt_clock);
+
+        if (s->migration_state->complete) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (current_time >= initial_time + BUFFER_DELAY) {
+            uint64_t transferred_bytes = s->bytes_xfer;
+            uint64_t time_spent = current_time - initial_time;
+            double bandwidth = transferred_bytes / time_spent;
+            max_size = bandwidth * migrate_max_downtime() / 1000000;
+
+            DPRINTF("transferred %" PRIu64 " time_spent %" PRIu64
+                    " bandwidth %g max_size %" PRId64 "\n",
+                    transferred_bytes, time_spent, bandwidth, max_size);
+
+            s->bytes_xfer = 0;
+            initial_time = current_time;
+        }
+        if (!last_round && (s->bytes_xfer >= s->xfer_limit)) {
+            /* usleep expects microseconds */
+            g_usleep((initial_time + BUFFER_DELAY - current_time)*1000);
+        }
+        if (buffered_flush(s) < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        DPRINTF("file is ready\n");
+        if (s->bytes_xfer < s->xfer_limit) {
+            DPRINTF("notifying client\n");
+            last_round = migrate_fd_put_ready(s->migration_state, max_size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    g_free(s->buffer);
+    g_free(s);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static const QEMUFileOps buffered_file_ops = {
+    .get_fd =         buffered_get_fd,
+    .put_buffer =     buffered_put_buffer,
+    .close =          buffered_close,
+    .rate_limit =     buffered_rate_limit,
+    .get_rate_limit = buffered_get_rate_limit,
+    .set_rate_limit = buffered_set_rate_limit,
+};
+
+void qemu_fopen_ops_buffered(MigrationState *migration_state)
+{
+    QEMUFileBuffered *s;
+
+    s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+
+    s->migration_state = migration_state;
+    s->xfer_limit = migration_state->bandwidth_limit / 10;
+    s->migration_state->complete = false;
+
+    s->file = qemu_fopen_ops(s, &buffered_file_ops);
+
+    migration_state->file = s->file;
+
+    qemu_thread_create(&s->thread, buffered_file_thread, s,
+                       QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED);
+}
diff --git a/migration.h b/migration.h
index 92f658d..31ed7af 100644
--- a/migration.h
+++ b/migration.h
@@ -129,4 +129,5 @@ int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);

 int64_t xbzrle_cache_resize(int64_t new_size);

+void qemu_fopen_ops_buffered(MigrationState *migration_state);
 #endif
