diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 7cd9442..1f70240 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef struct CPUState CPUState;
  * @reset: Callback to reset the #CPUState to its initial state.
  * @do_interrupt: Callback for interrupt handling.
  * @get_arch_id: Callback for getting architecture-dependent CPU ID.
+ * @get_paging_enabled: Callback for inquiring whether paging is enabled.
  * @vmsd: State description for migration.
  *
  * Represents a CPU family or model.
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ typedef struct CPUClass {
     void (*reset)(CPUState *cpu);
     void (*do_interrupt)(CPUState *cpu);
     int64_t (*get_arch_id)(CPUState *cpu);
+    bool (*get_paging_enabled)(const CPUState *cpu);
 
     const struct VMStateDescription *vmsd;
     int (*write_elf64_note)(WriteCoreDumpFunction f, CPUState *cpu,
@@ -138,6 +140,14 @@ struct CPUState {
 };
 
 /**
+ * cpu_paging_enabled:
+ * @cpu: The CPU whose state is to be inspected.
+ *
+ * Returns: %true if paging is enabled, %false otherwise.
+ */
+bool cpu_paging_enabled(const CPUState *cpu);
+
+/**
  * cpu_write_elf64_note:
  * @f: pointer to a function that writes memory to a file
  * @cpu: The CPU whose memory is to be dumped
diff --git a/include/sysemu/memory_mapping.h b/include/sysemu/memory_mapping.h
index 1256125..6f01524 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/memory_mapping.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/memory_mapping.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ typedef struct MemoryMappingList {
 } MemoryMappingList;
 
 int cpu_get_memory_mapping(MemoryMappingList *list, CPUArchState *env);
-bool cpu_paging_enabled(CPUArchState *env);
 
 /*
  * add or merge the memory region [phys_addr, phys_addr + length) into the
diff --git a/memory_mapping-stub.c b/memory_mapping-stub.c
index 24d5d67..6c0dfeb 100644
--- a/memory_mapping-stub.c
+++ b/memory_mapping-stub.c
@@ -25,9 +25,3 @@ int cpu_get_memory_mapping(MemoryMappingList *list,
 {
     return -1;
 }
-
-bool cpu_paging_enabled(CPUArchState *env)
-{
-    return true;
-}
-
diff --git a/memory_mapping.c b/memory_mapping.c
index ff45b3a..0790aac 100644
--- a/memory_mapping.c
+++ b/memory_mapping.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static CPUArchState *find_paging_enabled_cpu(CPUArchState *start_cpu)
     CPUArchState *env;
 
     for (env = start_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
-        if (cpu_paging_enabled(env)) {
+        if (cpu_paging_enabled(ENV_GET_CPU(env))) {
             return env;
         }
     }
diff --git a/qom/cpu.c b/qom/cpu.c
index 04aefbb..9f6da0f 100644
--- a/qom/cpu.c
+++ b/qom/cpu.c
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ bool cpu_exists(int64_t id)
     return data.found;
 }
 
+bool cpu_paging_enabled(const CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
+
+    return cc->get_paging_enabled(cpu);
+}
+
+static bool cpu_common_get_paging_enabled(const CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 /* CPU hot-plug notifiers */
 static NotifierList cpu_added_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(cpu_add_notifiers);
@@ -176,6 +188,7 @@ static void cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->class_by_name = cpu_common_class_by_name;
     k->reset = cpu_common_reset;
     k->get_arch_id = cpu_common_get_arch_id;
+    k->get_paging_enabled = cpu_common_get_paging_enabled;
     k->write_elf32_qemunote = cpu_common_write_elf32_qemunote;
     k->write_elf32_note = cpu_common_write_elf32_note;
     k->write_elf64_qemunote = cpu_common_write_elf64_qemunote;
diff --git a/target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c b/target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c
index 5096fbd..c5a10ec 100644
--- a/target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c
+++ b/target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static void walk_pml4e(MemoryMappingList *list,
 
 int cpu_get_memory_mapping(MemoryMappingList *list, CPUArchState *env)
 {
-    if (!cpu_paging_enabled(env)) {
+    if (!cpu_paging_enabled(ENV_GET_CPU(env))) {
         /* paging is disabled */
         return 0;
     }
@@ -273,7 +273,3 @@ int cpu_get_memory_mapping(MemoryMappingList *list, CPUArchState *env)
     return 0;
 }
 
-bool cpu_paging_enabled(CPUArchState *env)
-{
-    return env->cr[0] & CR0_PG_MASK;
-}
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 4b2da0d..f6fa7fa 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -2505,6 +2505,13 @@ static int64_t x86_cpu_get_arch_id(CPUState *cs)
     return env->cpuid_apic_id;
 }
 
+static bool x86_cpu_get_paging_enabled(const CPUState *cs)
+{
+    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
+
+    return cpu->env.cr[0] & CR0_PG_MASK;
+}
+
 static void x86_cpu_common_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     X86CPUClass *xcc = X86_CPU_CLASS(oc);
@@ -2519,6 +2526,8 @@ static void x86_cpu_common_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->reset = x86_cpu_reset;
 
     cc->do_interrupt = x86_cpu_do_interrupt;
+    cc->get_arch_id = x86_cpu_get_arch_id;
+    cc->get_paging_enabled = x86_cpu_get_paging_enabled;
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     cc->write_elf64_note = x86_cpu_write_elf64_note;
     cc->write_elf64_qemunote = x86_cpu_write_elf64_qemunote;
@@ -2526,8 +2535,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_common_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->write_elf32_qemunote = x86_cpu_write_elf32_qemunote;
 #endif
     cpu_class_set_vmsd(cc, &vmstate_x86_cpu);
-
-    cc->get_arch_id = x86_cpu_get_arch_id;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo x86_cpu_type_info = {
