diff --git a/include/exec/cpu_ldst.h b/include/exec/cpu_ldst.h
index 9151fdb042..fd499f7e2f 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu_ldst.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu_ldst.h
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ static inline void clear_helper_retaddr(void)
 #include "exec/cpu_ldst_useronly_template.h"
 #undef MEMSUFFIX
 
+/*
+ * Code access is deprecated in favour of translator_ld* functions
+ * (see translator.h). However there are still users that need to
+ * converted so for now these stay.
+ */
 #define MEMSUFFIX _code
 #define CODE_ACCESS
 #define DATA_SIZE 1
@@ -427,6 +432,12 @@ static inline CPUTLBEntry *tlb_entry(CPUArchState *env, uintptr_t mmu_idx,
 #undef CPU_MMU_INDEX
 #undef MEMSUFFIX
 
+/*
+ * Code access is deprecated in favour of translator_ld* functions
+ * (see translator.h). However there are still users that need to
+ * converted so for now these stay.
+ */
+
 #define CPU_MMU_INDEX (cpu_mmu_index(env, true))
 #define MEMSUFFIX _code
 #define SOFTMMU_CODE_ACCESS
diff --git a/include/exec/translator.h b/include/exec/translator.h
index 180c51d509..f65d6b1a95 100644
--- a/include/exec/translator.h
+++ b/include/exec/translator.h
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
  */
 
 
+#include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
+#include "exec/cpu_ldst.h"
+#include "exec/plugin-gen.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
 
 
@@ -142,4 +145,61 @@ void translator_loop(const TranslatorOps *ops, DisasContextBase *db,
 
 void translator_loop_temp_check(DisasContextBase *db);
 
-#endif /* EXEC__TRANSLATOR_H */
+/*
+ * Translator Load Functions
+ *
+ * These are intended to replace the old cpu_ld*_code functions and
+ * are mandatory for front-ends that have been migrated to the common
+ * translator_loop. These functions are only intended to be called
+ * from the translation stage and should not be called from helper
+ * functions. Those functions should be converted to encode the
+ * relevant information at translation time.
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+
+#define DO_LOAD(type, name, uname, shift)        \
+    do {                                         \
+        set_helper_retaddr(1);                   \
+        ret = uname ## _p(g2h(pc));              \
+        clear_helper_retaddr();                  \
+    } while (0)
+
+#else
+
+#define DO_LOAD(type, name, uname, shift)                   \
+    do {                                                    \
+        int mmu_idx = cpu_mmu_index(env, true);             \
+        TCGMemOpIdx oi = make_memop_idx(shift, mmu_idx);    \
+        ret = helper_ret_ ## name ## _cmmu(env, pc, oi, 0); \
+    } while (0)
+
+#endif
+
+#define GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(fullname, name, uname, type, shift, swap_fn)  \
+    static inline type                                                  \
+    fullname ## _swap(CPUArchState *env, abi_ptr pc, bool do_swap)      \
+    {                                                                   \
+        type ret;                                                       \
+        DO_LOAD(type, name, uname, shift);                              \
+                                                                        \
+        if (do_swap) {                                                  \
+            ret = swap_fn(ret);                                         \
+        }                                                               \
+        plugin_insn_append(&ret, sizeof(ret));                          \
+        return ret;                                                     \
+    }                                                                   \
+                                                                        \
+    static inline type fullname(CPUArchState *env, abi_ptr pc)          \
+    {                                                                   \
+        return fullname ## _swap(env, pc, false);                       \
+    }
+
+GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(translator_ldub, ldb, ldub, uint8_t, 0, /* no swap */ )
+GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(translator_ldsw, ldw, ldsw, int16_t, 1, bswap16)
+GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(translator_lduw, ldw, lduw, uint16_t, 1, bswap16)
+GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(translator_ldl, ldl, ldl, uint32_t, 2, bswap32)
+GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD(translator_ldq, ldq, ldq, uint64_t, 3, bswap64)
+#undef GEN_TRANSLATOR_LD
+
+#endif  /* EXEC__TRANSLATOR_H */
