diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 10be8bdb8641893b7e766f4aa0e8e4de76ff89d7..a3e66b715945e43c1c47b30c3c50c66bee793c81 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ static void hmp_trace_file(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *arg = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "arg");
 
     if (!op) {
-        st_print_trace_file_status((FILE *)mon, &monitor_fprintf);
+        st_print_trace_file_status();
     } else if (!strcmp(op, "on")) {
         st_set_trace_file_enabled(true);
     } else if (!strcmp(op, "off")) {
diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index ac904eca9102fa3e8d657064b1de8c4ee552d0cd..fc7106ec496d7e4d28a65f6582e372ae8d1e4331 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "trace/simple.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/qemu-print.h"
 
 /** Trace file header event ID, picked to avoid conflict with real event IDs */
 #define HEADER_EVENT_ID (~(uint64_t)0)
@@ -363,10 +364,10 @@ void st_set_trace_file(const char *file)
     st_set_trace_file_enabled(true);
 }
 
-void st_print_trace_file_status(FILE *stream, int (*stream_printf)(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...))
+void st_print_trace_file_status(void)
 {
-    stream_printf(stream, "Trace file \"%s\" %s.\n",
-                  trace_file_name, trace_fp ? "on" : "off");
+    qemu_printf("Trace file \"%s\" %s.\n",
+                trace_file_name, trace_fp ? "on" : "off");
 }
 
 void st_flush_trace_buffer(void)
diff --git a/trace/simple.h b/trace/simple.h
index 9931808c053021d22d93ae658171c6334ce70837..5771a0634f71c08dbc1a4f7d5b91affced126456 100644
--- a/trace/simple.h
+++ b/trace/simple.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef TRACE_SIMPLE_H
 #define TRACE_SIMPLE_H
 
-void st_print_trace_file_status(FILE *stream, fprintf_function stream_printf);
+void st_print_trace_file_status(void);
 void st_set_trace_file_enabled(bool enable);
 void st_set_trace_file(const char *file);
 bool st_init(void);