diff --git a/hw/misc/pvpanic-isa.c b/hw/misc/pvpanic-isa.c
index b4f84c4110..9a923b7869 100644
--- a/hw/misc/pvpanic-isa.c
+++ b/hw/misc/pvpanic-isa.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "hw/misc/pvpanic.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
-#include "standard-headers/misc/pvpanic.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi_aml_interface.h"
 
 OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(PVPanicISAState, PVPANIC_ISA_DEVICE)
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ static void build_pvpanic_isa_aml(AcpiDevAmlIf *adev, Aml *scope)
 static Property pvpanic_isa_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16(PVPANIC_IOPORT_PROP, PVPanicISAState, ioport, 0x505),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("events", PVPanicISAState, pvpanic.events,
-                      PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED),
+                      PVPANIC_EVENTS),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/misc/pvpanic-pci.c b/hw/misc/pvpanic-pci.c
index 4d44a881da..106d03ccd6 100644
--- a/hw/misc/pvpanic-pci.c
+++ b/hw/misc/pvpanic-pci.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void pvpanic_pci_realizefn(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 
 static Property pvpanic_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("events", PVPanicPCIState, pvpanic.events,
-                      PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED),
+                      PVPANIC_EVENTS),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/misc/pvpanic.c b/hw/misc/pvpanic.c
index 80289ecf5f..4b2307d2c2 100644
--- a/hw/misc/pvpanic.c
+++ b/hw/misc/pvpanic.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void handle_event(int event)
 {
     static bool logged;
 
-    if (event & ~(PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED) && !logged) {
+    if (event & ~PVPANIC_EVENTS && !logged) {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "pvpanic: unknown event %#x.\n", event);
         logged = true;
     }
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/pvpanic.h b/include/hw/misc/pvpanic.h
index fab94165d0..1e5b20e4ed 100644
--- a/include/hw/misc/pvpanic.h
+++ b/include/hw/misc/pvpanic.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
+#include "standard-headers/misc/pvpanic.h"
+
+#define PVPANIC_EVENTS (PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED)
+
 #define TYPE_PVPANIC_ISA_DEVICE "pvpanic"
 #define TYPE_PVPANIC_PCI_DEVICE "pvpanic-pci"