diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index 4c4e47fdc4..6c41293102 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-init-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp-event.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-introspect.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
@@ -232,21 +231,6 @@ static void hmp_info_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     help_cmd(mon, "info");
 }
 
-/*
- * Minor hack: generated marshalling suppressed for this command
- * ('gen': false in the schema) so we can parse the JSON string
- * directly into QObject instead of first parsing it with
- * visit_type_SchemaInfoList() into a SchemaInfoList, then marshal it
- * to QObject with generated output marshallers, every time.  Instead,
- * we do it in test-qobject-input-visitor.c, just to make sure
- * qapi-gen.py's output actually conforms to the schema.
- */
-static void qmp_query_qmp_schema(QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data,
-                                 Error **errp)
-{
-    *ret_data = qobject_from_qlit(&qmp_schema_qlit);
-}
-
 static void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void)
 {
     /*
diff --git a/monitor/monitor-internal.h b/monitor/monitor-internal.h
index 4d402ded85..3e6baba88f 100644
--- a/monitor/monitor-internal.h
+++ b/monitor/monitor-internal.h
@@ -180,4 +180,7 @@ void help_cmd(Monitor *mon, const char *name);
 void handle_hmp_command(MonitorHMP *mon, const char *cmdline);
 int hmp_compare_cmd(const char *name, const char *list);
 
+void qmp_query_qmp_schema(QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data,
+                                 Error **errp);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/monitor/qmp-cmds-control.c b/monitor/qmp-cmds-control.c
index d5f21f90e6..5cd9bb817c 100644
--- a/monitor/qmp-cmds-control.c
+++ b/monitor/qmp-cmds-control.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-control.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-emit-events.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-introspect.h"
 
 /*
  * Accept QMP capabilities in @list for @mon.
@@ -151,3 +152,18 @@ EventInfoList *qmp_query_events(Error **errp)
 
     return ev_list;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Minor hack: generated marshalling suppressed for this command
+ * ('gen': false in the schema) so we can parse the JSON string
+ * directly into QObject instead of first parsing it with
+ * visit_type_SchemaInfoList() into a SchemaInfoList, then marshal it
+ * to QObject with generated output marshallers, every time.  Instead,
+ * we do it in test-qobject-input-visitor.c, just to make sure
+ * qapi-gen.py's output actually conforms to the schema.
+ */
+void qmp_query_qmp_schema(QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    *ret_data = qobject_from_qlit(&qmp_schema_qlit);
+}