diff --git a/include/migration/qemu-file.h b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
index 0f757fbeb6..a191fb6d8d 100644
--- a/include/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ static inline void qemu_put_ubyte(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v)
 void qemu_put_be16(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
 void qemu_put_be32(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v);
 void qemu_put_be64(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t v);
+int qemu_peek_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int size, size_t offset);
 int qemu_get_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int size);
+int qemu_peek_byte(QEMUFile *f, int offset);
 int qemu_get_byte(QEMUFile *f);
+void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size);
 void qemu_update_position(QEMUFile *f, size_t size);
 
 static inline unsigned int qemu_get_ubyte(QEMUFile *f)
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ void qemu_file_reset_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_file_set_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t new_rate);
 int64_t qemu_file_get_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f);
 int qemu_file_get_error(QEMUFile *f);
+void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret);
 void qemu_fflush(QEMUFile *f);
 
 static inline void qemu_put_be64s(QEMUFile *f, const uint64_t *pv)
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 3f912ddcf9..8da1d295b1 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int qemu_file_get_error(QEMUFile *f)
     return f->last_error;
 }
 
-static void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
+void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
 {
     if (f->last_error == 0) {
         f->last_error = ret;
@@ -827,14 +827,14 @@ void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v)
     }
 }
 
-static void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size)
+void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size)
 {
     if (f->buf_index + size <= f->buf_size) {
         f->buf_index += size;
     }
 }
 
-static int qemu_peek_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int size, size_t offset)
+int qemu_peek_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int size, size_t offset)
 {
     int pending;
     int index;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ int qemu_get_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     return done;
 }
 
-static int qemu_peek_byte(QEMUFile *f, int offset)
+int qemu_peek_byte(QEMUFile *f, int offset)
 {
     int index = f->buf_index + offset;