diff --git a/include/migration/misc.h b/include/migration/misc.h
index 0b3771495ba6d9b818fe1b787a0291f1356ae588..d7892b7956b82f34d3c6d8b9760d698eda96f904 100644
--- a/include/migration/misc.h
+++ b/include/migration/misc.h
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@
 
 void ram_mig_init(void);
 
+/* migration/block.c */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVE_BLOCK_MIGRATION
+void blk_mig_init(void);
+#else
+static inline void blk_mig_init(void) {}
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index 3e274997d4b2977aa48f9086eeb6fd1bb2eb78ca..4d8c2e94b9dcd29df4ac37f46c75f2674f8e0e51 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
-#include "migration/block.h"
+#include "block.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"
diff --git a/include/migration/block.h b/migration/block.h
similarity index 93%
rename from include/migration/block.h
rename to migration/block.h
index 28cff53a23159f2701c1df140fb7d2c59444db4f..22ebe9425915832b2e682d158e823c8039d4f026 100644
--- a/include/migration/block.h
+++ b/migration/block.h
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@
 #define MIGRATION_BLOCK_H
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVE_BLOCK_MIGRATION
-void blk_mig_init(void);
 int blk_mig_active(void);
 uint64_t blk_mig_bytes_transferred(void);
 uint64_t blk_mig_bytes_remaining(void);
 uint64_t blk_mig_bytes_total(void);
 
 #else
-static inline void blk_mig_init(void) { }
 static inline int blk_mig_active(void)
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index 4f1f3b882bec88a06b5f06675fe0bfc88349713d..111b715546828696c0d6108d6f4f59c3930bcddf 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "migration/colo.h"
-#include "migration/block.h"
+#include "block.h"
 #include "io/channel-buffer.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 6e5afa495594c3f075a30b147f219494c0333041..48c94c9ca1e5952c57c3f8dba5c3b2565650a23a 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "qapi/util.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
-#include "migration/block.h"
+#include "block.h"
 #include "postcopy-ram.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 13deebaeef99c1f56002c9c6d3ac3f6948cbcdba..80b86c0274bc460c73148bcf300b7efa83cbc9af 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
 #include "hw/block/block.h"
-#include "migration/block.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration/snapshot.h"
 #include "sysemu/tpm.h"