diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
index b262efd8b6..3b599ac57c 100644
--- a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
+++ b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void do_hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data arg)
     }
 }
 
-void hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
+static void hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (!cpu->vcpu_dirty) {
         run_on_cpu(cpu, do_hvf_cpu_synchronize_state, RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h
index 09fcf22067..f6192b56f0 100644
--- a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h
+++ b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 
 int hvf_vcpu_exec(CPUState *);
-void hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *);
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/x86hvf.c b/target/i386/hvf/x86hvf.c
index 2b99f3eaa2..cc381307ab 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/x86hvf.c
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/x86hvf.c
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "x86_descr.h"
 #include "x86_decode.h"
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 
 #include "hw/i386/apic_internal.h"
 
 #include <Hypervisor/hv.h>
 #include <Hypervisor/hv_vmx.h>
 
-#include "accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h"
-
 void hvf_set_segment(struct CPUState *cpu, struct vmx_segment *vmx_seg,
                      SegmentCache *qseg, bool is_tr)
 {
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ int hvf_process_events(CPUState *cpu_state)
     env->eflags = rreg(cpu_state->hvf_fd, HV_X86_RFLAGS);
 
     if (cpu_state->interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_INIT) {
-        hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
+        cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
         do_cpu_init(cpu);
     }
 
@@ -451,12 +450,12 @@ int hvf_process_events(CPUState *cpu_state)
         cpu_state->halted = 0;
     }
     if (cpu_state->interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI) {
-        hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
+        cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
         do_cpu_sipi(cpu);
     }
     if (cpu_state->interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_TPR) {
         cpu_state->interrupt_request &= ~CPU_INTERRUPT_TPR;
-        hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
+        cpu_synchronize_state(cpu_state);
         apic_handle_tpr_access_report(cpu->apic_state, env->eip,
                                       env->tpr_access_type);
     }