diff --git a/include/exec/exec-all.h b/include/exec/exec-all.h
index b07de109fb830683d603c5ba8e5265eec8830837..d900b0d078b6437cbf85012224e6aba3c42685f2 100644
--- a/include/exec/exec-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/exec-all.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ void restore_state_to_opc(CPUArchState *env, struct TranslationBlock *tb,
 
 void cpu_gen_init(void);
 bool cpu_restore_state(CPUState *cpu, uintptr_t searched_pc);
-void page_size_init(void);
 
 void QEMU_NORETURN cpu_resume_from_signal(CPUState *cpu, void *puc);
 void QEMU_NORETURN cpu_io_recompile(CPUState *cpu, uintptr_t retaddr);
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 2f74540a874fc2116b78ab99f3d0e6b287ce0814..405364f2b93a31143acb4631a26f9fe029179af8 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -499,5 +499,6 @@ size_t buffer_find_nonzero_offset(const void *buf, size_t len);
 int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial);
 
 const char *qemu_ether_ntoa(const MACAddr *mac);
+void page_size_init(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 1bc12737723c388aaa32958d4be24cbae740908e..de3c8c48bb178bd8c88a7010a8eba2a67cdd176d 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,6 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
      * page size for the system though.
      */
     assert(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE <= getpagesize());
-    page_size_init();
 
     s->sigmask_len = 8;
 
diff --git a/qtest.c b/qtest.c
index 8e10340c7ede1596b3698e7f1ff2a237ce56c188..05cefd280072f631ac46a15d27e7732a4150f6e8 100644
--- a/qtest.c
+++ b/qtest.c
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ void qtest_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **errp)
 
     inbuf = g_string_new("");
     qtest_chr = chr;
-    page_size_init();
 }
 
 bool qtest_driver(void)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 21e8876a5724f6e0fa2fb62c4d0160d9e54aba3e..7d993a524308039d13a94a506c79f27a3787b320 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4285,6 +4285,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
+    page_size_init();
     socket_init();
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),