diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index b29970c..aae4cac 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "hw/hw.h"
 
 typedef struct FWBootEntry FWBootEntry;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,67 @@ struct FWBootEntry {
 
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, FWBootEntry) fw_boot_order =
     QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(fw_boot_order);
+static QEMUBootSetHandler *boot_set_handler;
+static void *boot_set_opaque;
+
+void qemu_register_boot_set(QEMUBootSetHandler *func, void *opaque)
+{
+    boot_set_handler = func;
+    boot_set_opaque = opaque;
+}
+
+int qemu_boot_set(const char *boot_order)
+{
+    if (!boot_set_handler) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    return boot_set_handler(boot_set_opaque, boot_order);
+}
+
+void validate_bootdevices(const char *devices)
+{
+    /* We just do some generic consistency checks */
+    const char *p;
+    int bitmap = 0;
+
+    for (p = devices; *p != '\0'; p++) {
+        /* Allowed boot devices are:
+         * a-b: floppy disk drives
+         * c-f: IDE disk drives
+         * g-m: machine implementation dependent drives
+         * n-p: network devices
+         * It's up to each machine implementation to check if the given boot
+         * devices match the actual hardware implementation and firmware
+         * features.
+         */
+        if (*p < 'a' || *p > 'p') {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Invalid boot device '%c'\n", *p);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        if (bitmap & (1 << (*p - 'a'))) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Boot device '%c' was given twice\n", *p);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        bitmap |= 1 << (*p - 'a');
+    }
+}
+
+void restore_boot_order(void *opaque)
+{
+    char *normal_boot_order = opaque;
+    static int first = 1;
+
+    /* Restore boot order and remove ourselves after the first boot */
+    if (first) {
+        first = 0;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qemu_boot_set(normal_boot_order);
+
+    qemu_unregister_reset(restore_boot_order, normal_boot_order);
+    g_free(normal_boot_order);
+}
 
 void check_boot_index(int32_t bootindex, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/include/hw/hw.h b/include/hw/hw.h
index 33bdb92..c78adae 100644
--- a/include/hw/hw.h
+++ b/include/hw/hw.h
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ typedef void QEMUResetHandler(void *opaque);
 void qemu_register_reset(QEMUResetHandler *func, void *opaque);
 void qemu_unregister_reset(QEMUResetHandler *func, void *opaque);
 
-/* handler to set the boot_device order for a specific type of QEMUMachine */
-/* return 0 if success */
-typedef int QEMUBootSetHandler(void *opaque, const char *boot_order);
-void qemu_register_boot_set(QEMUBootSetHandler *func, void *opaque);
-int qemu_boot_set(const char *boot_order);
-
 #ifdef NEED_CPU_H
 #if TARGET_LONG_BITS == 64
 #define VMSTATE_UINTTL_V(_f, _s, _v)                                  \
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 9fea3bc..84798ef 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ void del_boot_device_path(DeviceState *dev, const char *suffix);
 void device_add_bootindex_property(Object *obj, int32_t *bootindex,
                                    const char *name, const char *suffix,
                                    DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
+void restore_boot_order(void *opaque);
+void validate_bootdevices(const char *devices);
+
+/* handler to set the boot_device order for a specific type of QEMUMachine */
+/* return 0 if success */
+typedef int QEMUBootSetHandler(void *opaque, const char *boot_order);
+void qemu_register_boot_set(QEMUBootSetHandler *func, void *opaque);
+int qemu_boot_set(const char *boot_order);
 
 QemuOpts *qemu_get_machine_opts(void);
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 113e98e..f665621 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 uint8_t qemu_uuid[16];
 bool qemu_uuid_set;
 
-static QEMUBootSetHandler *boot_set_handler;
-static void *boot_set_opaque;
-
 static NotifierList exit_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(exit_notifiers);
 
@@ -1198,65 +1195,6 @@ static void default_drive(int enable, int snapshot, BlockInterfaceType type,
 
 }
 
-void qemu_register_boot_set(QEMUBootSetHandler *func, void *opaque)
-{
-    boot_set_handler = func;
-    boot_set_opaque = opaque;
-}
-
-int qemu_boot_set(const char *boot_order)
-{
-    if (!boot_set_handler) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-    return boot_set_handler(boot_set_opaque, boot_order);
-}
-
-static void validate_bootdevices(const char *devices)
-{
-    /* We just do some generic consistency checks */
-    const char *p;
-    int bitmap = 0;
-
-    for (p = devices; *p != '\0'; p++) {
-        /* Allowed boot devices are:
-         * a-b: floppy disk drives
-         * c-f: IDE disk drives
-         * g-m: machine implementation dependent drives
-         * n-p: network devices
-         * It's up to each machine implementation to check if the given boot
-         * devices match the actual hardware implementation and firmware
-         * features.
-         */
-        if (*p < 'a' || *p > 'p') {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Invalid boot device '%c'\n", *p);
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        if (bitmap & (1 << (*p - 'a'))) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Boot device '%c' was given twice\n", *p);
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        bitmap |= 1 << (*p - 'a');
-    }
-}
-
-static void restore_boot_order(void *opaque)
-{
-    char *normal_boot_order = opaque;
-    static int first = 1;
-
-    /* Restore boot order and remove ourselves after the first boot */
-    if (first) {
-        first = 0;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    qemu_boot_set(normal_boot_order);
-
-    qemu_unregister_reset(restore_boot_order, normal_boot_order);
-    g_free(normal_boot_order);
-}
-
 static QemuOptsList qemu_smp_opts = {
     .name = "smp-opts",
     .implied_opt_name = "cpus",
