diff --git a/hw/i2c/i2c-ddc.c b/hw/i2c/i2c-ddc.c
index 66899d7..6b92e95 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/i2c-ddc.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/i2c-ddc.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c-ddc.h"
diff --git a/hw/intc/s390_flic.c b/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
index 711c114..a26e906 100644
--- a/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390_flic.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
diff --git a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
index cc44bc4..b4c61d8 100644
--- a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390_flic.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/adapter.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c b/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
index e2d4e1a..619152c 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-skeys.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/storage-keys.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/hw.h b/include/hw/hw.h
index af9eae1..ab4950c 100644
--- a/include/hw/hw.h
+++ b/include/hw/hw.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 
diff --git a/include/migration/qemu-file-types.h b/include/migration/qemu-file-types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6d7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/migration/qemu-file-types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU System Emulator
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_FILE_H
+#define QEMU_FILE_H
+
+void qemu_put_buffer(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size);
+void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v);
+
+#define qemu_put_sbyte qemu_put_byte
+
+void qemu_put_be16(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
+void qemu_put_be32(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
+void qemu_put_be64(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t v);
+size_t qemu_get_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, size_t size);
+
+int qemu_get_byte(QEMUFile *f);
+
+static inline unsigned int qemu_get_ubyte(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    return (unsigned int)qemu_get_byte(f);
+}
+
+#define qemu_get_sbyte qemu_get_byte
+
+unsigned int qemu_get_be16(QEMUFile *f);
+unsigned int qemu_get_be32(QEMUFile *f);
+uint64_t qemu_get_be64(QEMUFile *f);
+
+static inline void qemu_put_be64s(QEMUFile *f, const uint64_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be64(f, *pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_be32s(QEMUFile *f, const uint32_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be32(f, *pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_be16s(QEMUFile *f, const uint16_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be16(f, *pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_8s(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_byte(f, *pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_be64s(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t *pv)
+{
+    *pv = qemu_get_be64(f);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_be32s(QEMUFile *f, uint32_t *pv)
+{
+    *pv = qemu_get_be32(f);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_be16s(QEMUFile *f, uint16_t *pv)
+{
+    *pv = qemu_get_be16(f);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_8s(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *pv)
+{
+    *pv = qemu_get_byte(f);
+}
+
+/* Signed versions for type safety */
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe16(QEMUFile *f, int v)
+{
+    qemu_put_be16(f, (unsigned int)v);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe32(QEMUFile *f, int v)
+{
+    qemu_put_be32(f, (unsigned int)v);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe64(QEMUFile *f, int64_t v)
+{
+    qemu_put_be64(f, (uint64_t)v);
+}
+
+static inline int qemu_get_sbe16(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    return (int)qemu_get_be16(f);
+}
+
+static inline int qemu_get_sbe32(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    return (int)qemu_get_be32(f);
+}
+
+static inline int64_t qemu_get_sbe64(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    return (int64_t)qemu_get_be64(f);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_s8s(QEMUFile *f, const int8_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_8s(f, (const uint8_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe16s(QEMUFile *f, const int16_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be16s(f, (const uint16_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe32s(QEMUFile *f, const int32_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be32s(f, (const uint32_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_put_sbe64s(QEMUFile *f, const int64_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_put_be64s(f, (const uint64_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_s8s(QEMUFile *f, int8_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_get_8s(f, (uint8_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_sbe16s(QEMUFile *f, int16_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_get_be16s(f, (uint16_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_sbe32s(QEMUFile *f, int32_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_get_be32s(f, (uint32_t *)pv);
+}
+
+static inline void qemu_get_sbe64s(QEMUFile *f, int64_t *pv)
+{
+    qemu_get_be64s(f, (uint64_t *)pv);
+}
+
+int qemu_file_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index 13f90d3..3e27499 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "migration/block.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index 3dd1390..4f1f3b8 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "migration/colo.h"
 #include "migration/block.h"
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 5d9ccf1..97bbb9f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index 5ceb623..71f4389 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "exec/target_page.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "postcopy-ram.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file-channel.c b/migration/qemu-file-channel.c
index dc991c9..e202d73 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file-channel.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file-channel.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
 
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index 195fa94..ab26f4e 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 #define IO_BUF_SIZE 32768
diff --git a/include/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
similarity index 62%
rename from include/migration/qemu-file.h
rename to migration/qemu-file.h
index b5ac800..49fd697 100644
--- a/include/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#ifndef QEMU_FILE_H
-#define QEMU_FILE_H
-
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#ifndef MIGRATION_QEMU_FILE_H
+#define MIGRATION_QEMU_FILE_H
 
 /* Read a chunk of data from a file at the given position.  The pos argument
  * can be ignored if the file is only be used for streaming.  The number of
@@ -122,8 +119,6 @@ int qemu_get_fd(QEMUFile *f);
 int qemu_fclose(QEMUFile *f);
 int64_t qemu_ftell(QEMUFile *f);
 int64_t qemu_ftell_fast(QEMUFile *f);
-void qemu_put_buffer(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size);
-void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v);
 /*
  * put_buffer without copying the buffer.
  * The buffer should be available till it is sent asynchronously.
@@ -133,19 +128,9 @@ void qemu_put_buffer_async(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size,
 bool qemu_file_mode_is_not_valid(const char *mode);
 bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f);
 
+#include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
 
-static inline void qemu_put_ubyte(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v)
-{
-    qemu_put_byte(f, (int)v);
-}
-
-#define qemu_put_sbyte qemu_put_byte
-
-void qemu_put_be16(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
-void qemu_put_be32(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
-void qemu_put_be64(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t v);
 size_t qemu_peek_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **buf, size_t size, size_t offset);
-size_t qemu_get_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, size_t size);
 size_t qemu_get_buffer_in_place(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **buf, size_t size);
 ssize_t qemu_put_compression_data(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *p, size_t size,
                                   int level);
@@ -157,22 +142,8 @@ int qemu_put_qemu_file(QEMUFile *f_des, QEMUFile *f_src);
  * previously peeked +n-1.
  */
 int qemu_peek_byte(QEMUFile *f, int offset);
-int qemu_get_byte(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size);
 void qemu_update_position(QEMUFile *f, size_t size);
-
-static inline unsigned int qemu_get_ubyte(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    return (unsigned int)qemu_get_byte(f);
-}
-
-#define qemu_get_sbyte qemu_get_byte
-
-unsigned int qemu_get_be16(QEMUFile *f);
-unsigned int qemu_get_be32(QEMUFile *f);
-uint64_t qemu_get_be64(QEMUFile *f);
-
-int qemu_file_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_file_reset_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_file_set_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t new_rate);
 int64_t qemu_file_get_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
@@ -183,127 +154,7 @@ QEMUFile *qemu_file_get_return_path(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_fflush(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_file_set_blocking(QEMUFile *f, bool block);
 
-static inline void qemu_put_be64s(QEMUFile *f, const uint64_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be64(f, *pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_be32s(QEMUFile *f, const uint32_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be32(f, *pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_be16s(QEMUFile *f, const uint16_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be16(f, *pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_8s(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_byte(f, *pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_be64s(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t *pv)
-{
-    *pv = qemu_get_be64(f);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_be32s(QEMUFile *f, uint32_t *pv)
-{
-    *pv = qemu_get_be32(f);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_be16s(QEMUFile *f, uint16_t *pv)
-{
-    *pv = qemu_get_be16(f);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_8s(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *pv)
-{
-    *pv = qemu_get_byte(f);
-}
-
-// Signed versions for type safety
-static inline void qemu_put_sbuffer(QEMUFile *f, const int8_t *buf, size_t size)
-{
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, (const uint8_t *)buf, size);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe16(QEMUFile *f, int v)
-{
-    qemu_put_be16(f, (unsigned int)v);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe32(QEMUFile *f, int v)
-{
-    qemu_put_be32(f, (unsigned int)v);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe64(QEMUFile *f, int64_t v)
-{
-    qemu_put_be64(f, (uint64_t)v);
-}
-
-static inline size_t qemu_get_sbuffer(QEMUFile *f, int8_t *buf, int size)
-{
-    return qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)buf, size);
-}
-
-static inline int qemu_get_sbe16(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    return (int)qemu_get_be16(f);
-}
-
-static inline int qemu_get_sbe32(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    return (int)qemu_get_be32(f);
-}
-
-static inline int64_t qemu_get_sbe64(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    return (int64_t)qemu_get_be64(f);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_s8s(QEMUFile *f, const int8_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_8s(f, (const uint8_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe16s(QEMUFile *f, const int16_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be16s(f, (const uint16_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe32s(QEMUFile *f, const int32_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be32s(f, (const uint32_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_put_sbe64s(QEMUFile *f, const int64_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_put_be64s(f, (const uint64_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_s8s(QEMUFile *f, int8_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_get_8s(f, (uint8_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_sbe16s(QEMUFile *f, int16_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_get_be16s(f, (uint16_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_sbe32s(QEMUFile *f, int32_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_get_be32s(f, (uint32_t *)pv);
-}
-
-static inline void qemu_get_sbe64s(QEMUFile *f, int64_t *pv)
-{
-    qemu_get_be64s(f, (uint64_t *)pv);
-}
-
 size_t qemu_get_counted_string(QEMUFile *f, char buf[256]);
 
+
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 26e03a5..390f714 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "xbzrle.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "postcopy-ram.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 166cd60..4cb5bf8 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 2d1d4bc..bb3f9ec 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "postcopy-ram.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
diff --git a/migration/socket.c b/migration/socket.c
index 53f9d61..3f8ffc9 100644
--- a/migration/socket.c
+++ b/migration/socket.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "channel.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
diff --git a/migration/vmstate-types.c b/migration/vmstate-types.c
index cc95e47..7287c6b 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate-types.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate-types.c
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c
index ff54531..51a19b6 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate.c
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
+#include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/tests/test-vmstate.c b/tests/test-vmstate.c
index 25389bc..c52aff9 100644
--- a/tests/test-vmstate.c
+++ b/tests/test-vmstate.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
+#include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
+#include "../migration/qemu-file.h"
 #include "../migration/qemu-file-channel.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "io/channel-file.h"
