diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 69e21858b8090bee35fa52ee4ea39efc20929816..e9da3bcb591ed16d798361fb8324ef59f51e9b4e 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -800,6 +800,11 @@ static void qemu_cpu_kick_rr_cpu(void)
     } while (cpu != atomic_mb_read(&tcg_current_rr_cpu));
 }
 
+void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
+{
+    qemu_notify_event();
+}
+
 static void kick_tcg_thread(void *opaque)
 {
     timer_mod(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer, qemu_tcg_next_kick());
diff --git a/include/qemu/timer.h b/include/qemu/timer.h
index 91cd8c8a84b6940d24a47d933ccc628fa0663763..1441b426cdfca9a44c57365ebb466892529730ec 100644
--- a/include/qemu/timer.h
+++ b/include/qemu/timer.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct QEMUTimerListGroup {
 };
 
 typedef void QEMUTimerCB(void *opaque);
-typedef void QEMUTimerListNotifyCB(void *opaque);
+typedef void QEMUTimerListNotifyCB(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type);
 
 struct QEMUTimer {
     int64_t expire_time;        /* in nanoseconds */
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static inline int64_t qemu_soonest_timeout(int64_t timeout1, int64_t timeout2)
  *
  * Initialise the clock & timer infrastructure
  */
-void init_clocks(void);
+void init_clocks(QEMUTimerListNotifyCB *notify_cb);
 
 int64_t cpu_get_ticks(void);
 /* Caller must hold BQL */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/cpus.h b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
index e521a91661312885b79262856b2224e9cd190309..a8053f17157bf837270d5aa2537df30a90e2472d 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/cpus.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void dump_drift_info(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf);
 
 /* Unblock cpu */
 void qemu_cpu_kick_self(void);
+void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type);
 
 void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void);
 void cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset(void);
diff --git a/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c b/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
index 2e8b63b225b6b2256b92bd98bd74079dddbd12a9..0b7239d72148160ff9c117ba859180eb907ca4c6 100644
--- a/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
+++ b/stubs/cpu-get-icount.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 
 int use_icount;
 
@@ -9,3 +10,8 @@ int64_t cpu_get_icount(void)
 {
     abort();
 }
+
+void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
+{
+    qemu_notify_event();
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-aio-multithread.c b/tests/test-aio-multithread.c
index 8b0b40ec781910d4ee1c2ed28dca9441f5532baf..549d7849157ecab6d275844e8c573ed88d8ddd8c 100644
--- a/tests/test-aio-multithread.c
+++ b/tests/test-aio-multithread.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void test_multi_mutex_10(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    init_clocks();
+    init_clocks(NULL);
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
     g_test_add_func("/aio/multi/lifecycle", test_lifecycle);
diff --git a/tests/test-aio.c b/tests/test-aio.c
index 2754f154ced7a6b3c192b90cefb3f16051020f94..54e20d6ab1257aa478dc415e3e3093346a2e3fdf 100644
--- a/tests/test-aio.c
+++ b/tests/test-aio.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     Error *local_error = NULL;
     GSource *src;
 
-    init_clocks();
+    init_clocks(NULL);
 
     ctx = aio_context_new(&local_error);
     if (!ctx) {
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 7d469eb857e61b513c0ccd657c2efbb710a95580..663e297e1f590375942d897c67fc2c94569b98ea 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void aio_notify_accept(AioContext *ctx)
     }
 }
 
-static void aio_timerlist_notify(void *opaque)
+static void aio_timerlist_notify(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
 {
     aio_notify(opaque);
 }
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index 7efc229e3dfb47ca3a7f5ccbbd2df78dcc5341e7..4534c8930844cf3105414d94488a32d73348b48d 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int qemu_init_main_loop(Error **errp)
     GSource *src;
     Error *local_error = NULL;
 
-    init_clocks();
+    init_clocks(qemu_timer_notify_cb);
 
     ret = qemu_signal_init();
     if (ret) {
diff --git a/util/qemu-timer.c b/util/qemu-timer.c
index ac993403aba533536c7ac1fcffb2d78aade8babf..dc3181e9b8e605a0a1f18a98be37468ea1c29167 100644
--- a/util/qemu-timer.c
+++ b/util/qemu-timer.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void timerlist_free(QEMUTimerList *timer_list)
     g_free(timer_list);
 }
 
-static void qemu_clock_init(QEMUClockType type)
+static void qemu_clock_init(QEMUClockType type, QEMUTimerListNotifyCB *notify_cb)
 {
     QEMUClock *clock = qemu_clock_ptr(type);
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void qemu_clock_init(QEMUClockType type)
     clock->last = INT64_MIN;
     QLIST_INIT(&clock->timerlists);
     notifier_list_init(&clock->reset_notifiers);
-    main_loop_tlg.tl[type] = timerlist_new(type, NULL, NULL);
+    main_loop_tlg.tl[type] = timerlist_new(type, notify_cb, NULL);
 }
 
 bool qemu_clock_use_for_deadline(QEMUClockType type)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ QEMUTimerList *qemu_clock_get_main_loop_timerlist(QEMUClockType type)
 void timerlist_notify(QEMUTimerList *timer_list)
 {
     if (timer_list->notify_cb) {
-        timer_list->notify_cb(timer_list->notify_opaque);
+        timer_list->notify_cb(timer_list->notify_opaque, timer_list->clock->type);
     } else {
         qemu_notify_event();
     }
@@ -635,11 +635,11 @@ void qemu_clock_unregister_reset_notifier(QEMUClockType type,
     notifier_remove(notifier);
 }
 
-void init_clocks(void)
+void init_clocks(QEMUTimerListNotifyCB *notify_cb)
 {
     QEMUClockType type;
     for (type = 0; type < QEMU_CLOCK_MAX; type++) {
-        qemu_clock_init(type);
+        qemu_clock_init(type, notify_cb);
     }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRCTL_PR_SET_TIMERSLACK