diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 926e990c1b9c4ef48ae6db36af9e4bc01bdb4b4a..0dc34c755d63f44e76962bdaea6a62d09fea307e 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -539,4 +539,8 @@ enum {
     EXIT_ENOENT = 127, /* Could not find program to exec */
 };
 
+# ifndef ENODATA
+#  define ENODATA EIO
+# endif
+
 #endif                          /* __VIR_INTERNAL_H__ */
diff --git a/src/util/viruuid.c b/src/util/viruuid.c
index 615d419e034cd0444fc37a446e778249e1de9fc7..8dead44b8ffde368a85ea37d967e6c023ab256ae 100644
--- a/src/util/viruuid.c
+++ b/src/util/viruuid.c
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("util.uuid");
 
-#ifndef ENODATA
-# define ENODATA EIO
-#endif
-
 static unsigned char host_uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
 
 static int