diff --git a/target/arm/debug_helper.c b/target/arm/debug_helper.c
index a18a09a0c3..80dff0788b 100644
--- a/target/arm/debug_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/debug_helper.c
@@ -430,6 +430,37 @@ void arm_debug_excp_handler(CPUState *cs)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Raise an EXCP_BKPT with the specified syndrome register value,
+ * targeting the correct exception level for debug exceptions.
+ */
+void HELPER(exception_bkpt_insn)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t syndrome)
+{
+    int debug_el = arm_debug_target_el(env);
+    int cur_el = arm_current_el(env);
+
+    /* FSR will only be used if the debug target EL is AArch32. */
+    env->exception.fsr = arm_debug_exception_fsr(env);
+    /*
+     * FAR is UNKNOWN: clear vaddress to avoid potentially exposing
+     * values to the guest that it shouldn't be able to see at its
+     * exception/security level.
+     */
+    env->exception.vaddress = 0;
+    /*
+     * Other kinds of architectural debug exception are ignored if
+     * they target an exception level below the current one (in QEMU
+     * this is checked by arm_generate_debug_exceptions()). Breakpoint
+     * instructions are special because they always generate an exception
+     * to somewhere: if they can't go to the configured debug exception
+     * level they are taken to the current exception level.
+     */
+    if (debug_el < cur_el) {
+        debug_el = cur_el;
+    }
+    raise_exception(env, EXCP_BKPT, syndrome, debug_el);
+}
+
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
 
 vaddr arm_adjust_watchpoint_address(CPUState *cs, vaddr addr, int len)
diff --git a/target/arm/op_helper.c b/target/arm/op_helper.c
index 97c8c9ec77..2a8bdc2cbf 100644
--- a/target/arm/op_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/op_helper.c
@@ -399,35 +399,6 @@ void HELPER(exception_with_syndrome)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t excp,
     raise_exception(env, excp, syndrome, target_el);
 }
 
-/* Raise an EXCP_BKPT with the specified syndrome register value,
- * targeting the correct exception level for debug exceptions.
- */
-void HELPER(exception_bkpt_insn)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t syndrome)
-{
-    int debug_el = arm_debug_target_el(env);
-    int cur_el = arm_current_el(env);
-
-    /* FSR will only be used if the debug target EL is AArch32. */
-    env->exception.fsr = arm_debug_exception_fsr(env);
-    /* FAR is UNKNOWN: clear vaddress to avoid potentially exposing
-     * values to the guest that it shouldn't be able to see at its
-     * exception/security level.
-     */
-    env->exception.vaddress = 0;
-    /*
-     * Other kinds of architectural debug exception are ignored if
-     * they target an exception level below the current one (in QEMU
-     * this is checked by arm_generate_debug_exceptions()). Breakpoint
-     * instructions are special because they always generate an exception
-     * to somewhere: if they can't go to the configured debug exception
-     * level they are taken to the current exception level.
-     */
-    if (debug_el < cur_el) {
-        debug_el = cur_el;
-    }
-    raise_exception(env, EXCP_BKPT, syndrome, debug_el);
-}
-
 uint32_t HELPER(cpsr_read)(CPUARMState *env)
 {
     return cpsr_read(env) & ~CPSR_EXEC;