diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 78f849de99..4aaa14b075 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/ioport.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
-#include "sysemu/numa.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "sysemu/xen-mapcache.h"
diff --git a/hw/core/numa.c b/hw/core/numa.c
index d817f06ead..450c522dd8 100644
--- a/hw/core/numa.c
+++ b/hw/core/numa.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "exec/ramlist.h"
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index dea48f9163..7c324a1329 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
index 9001b81daa..4b6ffab13d 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index fb669c413b..2c49d30d3c 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hostmem.h b/include/sysemu/hostmem.h
index afeb5db1b1..4dbdadd39e 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/hostmem.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/hostmem.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef SYSEMU_HOSTMEM_H
 #define SYSEMU_HOSTMEM_H
 
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h" /* for MAX_NODES */
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
index 4c4c1dee9b..7a4ce89765 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/numa.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 #define SYSEMU_NUMA_H
 
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
-#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 
 struct CPUArchId;
 
+#define MAX_NODES 128
+#define NUMA_NODE_UNASSIGNED MAX_NODES
+#define NUMA_DISTANCE_MIN         10
+#define NUMA_DISTANCE_DEFAULT     20
+#define NUMA_DISTANCE_MAX         254
+#define NUMA_DISTANCE_UNREACHABLE 255
+
 extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
 extern bool have_numa_distance;
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index ac18a1184a..227202999d 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@ extern QEMUClockType rtc_clock;
 extern const char *mem_path;
 extern int mem_prealloc;
 
-#define MAX_NODES 128
-#define NUMA_NODE_UNASSIGNED MAX_NODES
-#define NUMA_DISTANCE_MIN         10
-#define NUMA_DISTANCE_DEFAULT     20
-#define NUMA_DISTANCE_MAX         254
-#define NUMA_DISTANCE_UNREACHABLE 255
-
 #define MAX_OPTION_ROMS 16
 typedef struct QEMUOptionRom {
     const char *name;