diff --git a/softmmu/cpus.c b/softmmu/cpus.c
index 3f8fae43ba..ac6bec5603 100644
--- a/softmmu/cpus.c
+++ b/softmmu/cpus.c
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 
 static QemuMutex qemu_global_mutex;
 
+/*
+ * The chosen accelerator is supposed to register this.
+ */
+static const AccelOpsClass *cpus_accel;
+
 bool cpu_is_stopped(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     return cpu->stopped || !runstate_is_running();
@@ -122,11 +127,6 @@ void hw_error(const char *fmt, ...)
     abort();
 }
 
-/*
- * The chosen accelerator is supposed to register this.
- */
-static const AccelOpsClass *cpus_accel;
-
 void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;