diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index 3747110f95..42b946ce90 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_VMSTATE_H
 #define QEMU_VMSTATE_H
 
-typedef struct QJSON QJSON;
-
 typedef struct VMStateInfo VMStateInfo;
 typedef struct VMStateDescription VMStateDescription;
 typedef struct VMStateField VMStateField;
diff --git a/include/qemu/typedefs.h b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
index 325c72de33..3ec0e13a96 100644
--- a/include/qemu/typedefs.h
+++ b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ typedef struct QEMUTimer QEMUTimer;
 typedef struct QEMUTimerListGroup QEMUTimerListGroup;
 typedef struct QBool QBool;
 typedef struct QDict QDict;
+typedef struct QJSON QJSON;
 typedef struct QList QList;
 typedef struct QNull QNull;
 typedef struct QNum QNum;
diff --git a/migration/qjson.h b/migration/qjson.h
index 2978b5f371..41664f2d71 100644
--- a/migration/qjson.h
+++ b/migration/qjson.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_QJSON_H
 #define QEMU_QJSON_H
 
-typedef struct QJSON QJSON;
-
 QJSON *qjson_new(void);
 void qjson_destroy(QJSON *json);
 void json_prop_str(QJSON *json, const char *name, const char *str);