diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index d631c4683c..ba0741b20e 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ static void arm_cpu_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     arm_rebuild_hflags(env);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+
 static inline bool arm_excp_unmasked(CPUState *cs, unsigned int excp_idx,
                                      unsigned int target_el,
                                      unsigned int cur_el, bool secure,
@@ -556,7 +558,7 @@ static inline bool arm_excp_unmasked(CPUState *cs, unsigned int excp_idx,
     return unmasked || pstate_unmasked;
 }
 
-bool arm_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
+static bool arm_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
 {
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
     CPUARMState *env = cs->env_ptr;
@@ -608,6 +610,7 @@ bool arm_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
     cc->tcg_ops->do_interrupt(cs);
     return true;
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 void arm_cpu_update_virq(ARMCPU *cpu)
 {
@@ -2010,11 +2013,11 @@ static const struct SysemuCPUOps arm_sysemu_ops = {
 static const struct TCGCPUOps arm_tcg_ops = {
     .initialize = arm_translate_init,
     .synchronize_from_tb = arm_cpu_synchronize_from_tb,
-    .cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_cpu_exec_interrupt,
     .tlb_fill = arm_cpu_tlb_fill,
     .debug_excp_handler = arm_debug_excp_handler,
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    .cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_cpu_exec_interrupt,
     .do_interrupt = arm_cpu_do_interrupt,
     .do_transaction_failed = arm_cpu_do_transaction_failed,
     .do_unaligned_access = arm_cpu_do_unaligned_access,
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index fb0ef1ee2c..09d9027734 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1040,11 +1040,10 @@ uint64_t arm_cpu_mp_affinity(int idx, uint8_t clustersz);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_arm_cpu;
-#endif
 
 void arm_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cpu);
 void arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cpu);
-bool arm_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cpu, int int_req);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 hwaddr arm_cpu_get_phys_page_attrs_debug(CPUState *cpu, vaddr addr,
                                          MemTxAttrs *attrs);
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c b/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
index 33cc75af57..0d5adccf1a 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /* CPU models. These are not needed for the AArch64 linux-user build. */
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) || !defined(TARGET_AARCH64)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TCG
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) && defined(CONFIG_TCG)
 static bool arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
 {
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static bool arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
     }
     return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_TCG */
+#endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY && CONFIG_TCG */
 
 static void arm926_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
@@ -898,11 +898,11 @@ static void pxa270c5_initfn(Object *obj)
 static const struct TCGCPUOps arm_v7m_tcg_ops = {
     .initialize = arm_translate_init,
     .synchronize_from_tb = arm_cpu_synchronize_from_tb,
-    .cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt,
     .tlb_fill = arm_cpu_tlb_fill,
     .debug_excp_handler = arm_debug_excp_handler,
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    .cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt,
     .do_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt,
     .do_transaction_failed = arm_cpu_do_transaction_failed,
     .do_unaligned_access = arm_cpu_do_unaligned_access,