diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 902fce94bb..926c8adb68 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -235,28 +235,6 @@ int qemu_eventfd(int fds[2])
 
     return qemu_pipe(fds);
 }
-
-/*
- * Creates a pipe with FD_CLOEXEC set on both file descriptors
- */
-int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2])
-{
-    int ret;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PIPE2
-    ret = pipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC);
-    if (ret != -1 || errno != ENOSYS) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-#endif
-    ret = pipe(pipefd);
-    if (ret == 0) {
-        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[0]);
-        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[1]);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/oslib-posix.c b/oslib-posix.c
index aebe3ac043..ad44b17637 100644
--- a/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/oslib-posix.c
@@ -87,3 +87,25 @@ void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd)
     f = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, f | FD_CLOEXEC);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Creates a pipe with FD_CLOEXEC set on both file descriptors
+ */
+int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2])
+{
+    int ret;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIPE2
+    ret = pipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC);
+    if (ret != -1 || errno != ENOSYS) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+#endif
+    ret = pipe(pipefd);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[0]);
+        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[1]);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}