diff --git a/qemu-error.c b/qemu-error.c
index 2eadbfc436..5a35e7c1c2 100644
--- a/qemu-error.c
+++ b/qemu-error.c
@@ -207,21 +207,3 @@ void error_report(const char *fmt, ...)
     va_end(ap);
     error_printf("\n");
 }
-
-void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
-                            const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list va;
-    QError *qerror;
-
-    va_start(va, fmt);
-    qerror = qerror_from_info(file, linenr, func, fmt, &va);
-    va_end(va);
-
-    if (monitor_cur_is_qmp()) {
-        monitor_set_error(cur_mon, qerror);
-    } else {
-        qerror_print(qerror);
-        QDECREF(qerror);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/qemu-error.h b/qemu-error.h
index e63c6ab31d..a45609f8e7 100644
--- a/qemu-error.h
+++ b/qemu-error.h
@@ -37,11 +37,5 @@ void error_printf_unless_qmp(const char *fmt, ...)
 void error_print_loc(void);
 void error_set_progname(const char *argv0);
 void error_report(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
-void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
-                            const char *fmt, ...)
-    __attribute__ ((format(printf, 4, 5)));
-
-#define qerror_report(fmt, ...) \
-    qerror_report_internal(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/qerror.c b/qerror.c
index ff2fbd58e4..eaa1deb286 100644
--- a/qerror.c
+++ b/qerror.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
  * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
  */
+
+#include "monitor.h"
 #include "qjson.h"
 #include "qerror.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
@@ -377,6 +379,24 @@ void qerror_print(QError *qerror)
     QDECREF(qstring);
 }
 
+void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
+                            const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list va;
+    QError *qerror;
+
+    va_start(va, fmt);
+    qerror = qerror_from_info(file, linenr, func, fmt, &va);
+    va_end(va);
+
+    if (monitor_cur_is_qmp()) {
+        monitor_set_error(cur_mon, qerror);
+    } else {
+        qerror_print(qerror);
+        QDECREF(qerror);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * qobject_to_qerror(): Convert a QObject into a QError
  */
diff --git a/qerror.h b/qerror.h
index d96abe1d06..dd298d4777 100644
--- a/qerror.h
+++ b/qerror.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ QError *qerror_from_info(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
                          const char *fmt, va_list *va);
 QString *qerror_human(const QError *qerror);
 void qerror_print(QError *qerror);
+void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
+                            const char *fmt, ...)
+    __attribute__ ((format(printf, 4, 5)));
+#define qerror_report(fmt, ...) \
+    qerror_report_internal(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 QError *qobject_to_qerror(const QObject *obj);
 
 /*