diff --git a/tcg/mips/tcg-target-con-str.h b/tcg/mips/tcg-target-con-str.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4b2965c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcg/mips/tcg-target-con-str.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+/*
+ * Define MIPS target-specific operand constraints.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Linaro
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Define constraint letters for register sets:
+ * REGS(letter, register_mask)
+ */
+REGS('r', ALL_GENERAL_REGS)
+REGS('L', ALL_QLOAD_REGS)
+REGS('S', ALL_QSTORE_REGS)
+
+/*
+ * Define constraint letters for constants:
+ * CONST(letter, TCG_CT_CONST_* bit set)
+ */
+CONST('I', TCG_CT_CONST_U16)
+CONST('J', TCG_CT_CONST_S16)
+CONST('K', TCG_CT_CONST_P2M1)
+CONST('N', TCG_CT_CONST_N16)
+CONST('W', TCG_CT_CONST_WSZ)
+CONST('Z', TCG_CT_CONST_ZERO)
diff --git a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.c.inc b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.c.inc
index 7293169ab2..432d38a010 100644
--- a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.c.inc
+++ b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.c.inc
@@ -171,67 +171,27 @@ static bool patch_reloc(tcg_insn_unit *code_ptr, int type,
 #define TCG_CT_CONST_N16  0x1000   /* "Negatable" 16-bit: -32767 - 32767 */
 #define TCG_CT_CONST_WSZ  0x2000   /* word size */
 
+#define ALL_GENERAL_REGS  0xffffffffu
+#define NOA0_REGS         (ALL_GENERAL_REGS & ~(1 << TCG_REG_A0))
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
+#define ALL_QLOAD_REGS \
+    (NOA0_REGS & ~((TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS < TARGET_LONG_BITS) << TCG_REG_A2))
+#define ALL_QSTORE_REGS \
+    (NOA0_REGS & ~(TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS < TARGET_LONG_BITS   \
+                   ? (1 << TCG_REG_A2) | (1 << TCG_REG_A3)  \
+                   : (1 << TCG_REG_A1)))
+#else
+#define ALL_QLOAD_REGS   NOA0_REGS
+#define ALL_QSTORE_REGS  NOA0_REGS
+#endif
+
+
 static inline bool is_p2m1(tcg_target_long val)
 {
     return val && ((val + 1) & val) == 0;
 }
 
-/* parse target specific constraints */
-static const char *target_parse_constraint(TCGArgConstraint *ct,
-                                           const char *ct_str, TCGType type)
-{
-    switch(*ct_str++) {
-    case 'r':
-        ct->regs = 0xffffffff;
-        break;
-    case 'L': /* qemu_ld input arg constraint */
-        ct->regs = 0xffffffff;
-        tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A0);
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
-        if (TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS < TARGET_LONG_BITS) {
-            tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A2);
-        }
-#endif
-        break;
-    case 'S': /* qemu_st constraint */
-        ct->regs = 0xffffffff;
-        tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A0);
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
-        if (TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS < TARGET_LONG_BITS) {
-            tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A2);
-            tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A3);
-        } else {
-            tcg_regset_reset_reg(ct->regs, TCG_REG_A1);
-        }
-#endif
-        break;
-    case 'I':
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_U16;
-        break;
-    case 'J':
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_S16;
-        break;
-    case 'K':
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_P2M1;
-        break;
-    case 'N':
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_N16;
-        break;
-    case 'W':
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_WSZ;
-        break;
-    case 'Z':
-        /* We are cheating a bit here, using the fact that the register
-           ZERO is also the register number 0. Hence there is no need
-           to check for const_args in each instruction. */
-        ct->ct |= TCG_CT_CONST_ZERO;
-        break;
-    default:
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return ct_str;
-}
-
 /* test if a constant matches the constraint */
 static inline int tcg_target_const_match(tcg_target_long val, TCGType type,
                                          const TCGArgConstraint *arg_ct)
@@ -1697,6 +1657,11 @@ static inline void tcg_out_op(TCGContext *s, TCGOpcode opc,
     TCGArg a0, a1, a2;
     int c2;
 
+    /*
+     * Note that many operands use the constraint set "rZ".
+     * We make use of the fact that 0 is the ZERO register,
+     * and hence such cases need not check for const_args.
+     */
     a0 = args[0];
     a1 = args[1];
     a2 = args[2];
diff --git a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
index c2c32fb38f..d850200855 100644
--- a/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/mips/tcg-target.h
@@ -207,5 +207,6 @@ void tb_target_set_jmp_target(uintptr_t, uintptr_t, uintptr_t, uintptr_t);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 #define TCG_TARGET_NEED_LDST_LABELS
 #endif
+#define TCG_TARGET_CON_STR_H
 
 #endif