diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
index 5cad654d8e65c7b723909984fd0c43296566ec63..cfad13afe7e97f1c2cfeb89a14b71a10f9c2cc23 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
 #include "coth.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
 
+void virtio_9p_push_and_notify(V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    V9fsState *s = pdu->s;
+
+    /* push onto queue and notify */
+    virtqueue_push(s->vq, &pdu->elem, pdu->size);
+
+    /* FIXME: we should batch these completions */
+    virtio_notify(VIRTIO_DEVICE(s), s->vq);
+}
+
 static uint64_t virtio_9p_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
                                        Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
index 2bd862fd94da84335fbbc3950081a912f88334dc..691a1d91f21b16cc0ddcc4469e09cc434e7cc270 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
@@ -65,13 +65,7 @@ ssize_t pdu_unmarshal(V9fsPDU *pdu, size_t offset, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 static void pdu_push_and_notify(V9fsPDU *pdu)
 {
-    V9fsState *s = pdu->s;
-
-    /* push onto queue and notify */
-    virtqueue_push(s->vq, &pdu->elem, pdu->size);
-
-    /* FIXME: we should batch these completions */
-    virtio_notify(VIRTIO_DEVICE(s), s->vq);
+    virtio_9p_push_and_notify(pdu);
 }
 
 static int omode_to_uflags(int8_t mode)
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.h b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.h
index b4d344af9506dce649760dc4c2f0f7c587acb5df..a1ac3980ee737ac5b8de4fc28c5df859fc1063c8 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "9p.h"
 
 extern void handle_9p_output(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq);
+extern void virtio_9p_push_and_notify(V9fsPDU *pdu);
+
 ssize_t virtio_pdu_vmarshal(V9fsPDU *pdu, size_t offset,
                             const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 ssize_t virtio_pdu_vunmarshal(V9fsPDU *pdu, size_t offset,