diff --git a/backends/tpm.c b/backends/tpm.c
index 5763f6f369..1e416d7f90 100644
--- a/backends/tpm.c
+++ b/backends/tpm.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "sysemu/tpm.h"
-#include "hw/tpm/tpm_int.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 
 static void tpm_backend_worker_thread(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
diff --git a/hw/tpm/tpm_int.h b/hw/tpm/tpm_int.h
index 9c045b6691..1df5883f3c 100644
--- a/hw/tpm/tpm_int.h
+++ b/hw/tpm/tpm_int.h
@@ -13,28 +13,8 @@
 #define TPM_TPM_INT_H
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qom/object.h"
 
-#define TYPE_TPM_IF "tpm-if"
-#define TPM_IF_CLASS(klass) \
-    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(TPMIfClass, (klass), TYPE_TPM_IF)
-#define TPM_IF_GET_CLASS(obj) \
-    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(TPMIfClass, (obj), TYPE_TPM_IF)
-#define TPM_IF(obj) \
-    INTERFACE_CHECK(TPMIf, (obj), TYPE_TPM_IF)
-
-typedef struct TPMIf {
-    Object parent_obj;
-} TPMIf;
-
-typedef struct TPMIfClass {
-    InterfaceClass parent_class;
-
-    /* run in thread pool by backend */
-    void (*request_completed)(TPMIf *obj);
-} TPMIfClass;
-
-#define TPM_STANDARD_CMDLINE_OPTS               \
+#define TPM_STANDARD_CMDLINE_OPTS \
     { \
         .name = "type", \
         .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING, \
diff --git a/include/sysemu/tpm.h b/include/sysemu/tpm.h
index d7a2bd8556..452cdb9cb7 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/tpm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/tpm.h
@@ -27,6 +27,25 @@ typedef enum  TPMVersion {
     TPM_VERSION_2_0 = 2,
 } TPMVersion;
 
+#define TYPE_TPM_IF "tpm-if"
+#define TPM_IF_CLASS(klass)                                 \
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(TPMIfClass, (klass), TYPE_TPM_IF)
+#define TPM_IF_GET_CLASS(obj)                           \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(TPMIfClass, (obj), TYPE_TPM_IF)
+#define TPM_IF(obj)                             \
+    INTERFACE_CHECK(TPMIf, (obj), TYPE_TPM_IF)
+
+typedef struct TPMIf {
+    Object parent_obj;
+} TPMIf;
+
+typedef struct TPMIfClass {
+    InterfaceClass parent_class;
+
+    /* run in thread pool by backend */
+    void (*request_completed)(TPMIf *obj);
+} TPMIfClass;
+
 TPMVersion tpm_tis_get_tpm_version(Object *obj);
 
 #define TYPE_TPM_TIS                "tpm-tis"