diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 13d396b89a..3278e552bf 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include <zlib.h>
-#include "block/aes.h"
+#include "qemu/aes.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 
 /**************************************************************/
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 7e7d775b37..1d180732e9 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include <zlib.h>
-#include "block/aes.h"
+#include "qemu/aes.h"
 #include "block/qcow2.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index bf8db2abd3..94218432f3 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef BLOCK_QCOW2_H
 #define BLOCK_QCOW2_H
 
-#include "block/aes.h"
+#include "qemu/aes.h"
 #include "block/coroutine.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_ALLOC
diff --git a/include/block/aes.h b/include/qemu/aes.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/block/aes.h
rename to include/qemu/aes.h
diff --git a/util/aes.c b/util/aes.c
index 1da7bff1c9..54c7b98d39 100644
--- a/util/aes.c
+++ b/util/aes.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "block/aes.h"
+#include "qemu/aes.h"
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 #define NDEBUG