diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index 9f6d02ccd..6e0c4683b 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -350,5 +350,43 @@ typedef enum {
 #define BLKDBG_EVENT(bs, evt) bdrv_debug_event(bs, evt)
 void bdrv_debug_event(BlockDriverState *bs, BlkDebugEvent event);
 
+
+/* Convenience for block device models */
+
+typedef struct BlockConf {
+    BlockDriverState *bs;
+    uint16_t physical_block_size;
+    uint16_t logical_block_size;
+    uint16_t min_io_size;
+    uint32_t opt_io_size;
+    int32_t bootindex;
+    uint32_t discard_granularity;
+} BlockConf;
+
+static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
+{
+    unsigned int exp = 0, size;
+
+    for (size = conf->physical_block_size;
+        size > conf->logical_block_size;
+        size >>= 1) {
+        exp++;
+    }
+
+    return exp;
+}
+
+#define DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(_state, _conf)                          \
+    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", _state, _conf.bs),                       \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("logical_block_size", _state,                    \
+                       _conf.logical_block_size, 512),                  \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("physical_block_size", _state,                   \
+                       _conf.physical_block_size, 512),                 \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),  \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", _state, _conf.bootindex, -1),        \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state, \
+                       _conf.discard_granularity, 0)
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index f30563d81..8c3b86373 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -225,39 +225,4 @@ void qemu_aio_release(void *p);
 int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
 #endif
 
-typedef struct BlockConf {
-    BlockDriverState *bs;
-    uint16_t physical_block_size;
-    uint16_t logical_block_size;
-    uint16_t min_io_size;
-    uint32_t opt_io_size;
-    int32_t bootindex;
-    uint32_t discard_granularity;
-} BlockConf;
-
-static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
-{
-    unsigned int exp = 0, size;
-
-    for (size = conf->physical_block_size;
-        size > conf->logical_block_size;
-        size >>= 1) {
-        exp++;
-    }
-
-    return exp;
-}
-
-#define DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(_state, _conf)                          \
-    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", _state, _conf.bs),                       \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("logical_block_size", _state,                    \
-                       _conf.logical_block_size, 512),                  \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("physical_block_size", _state,                   \
-                       _conf.physical_block_size, 512),                 \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),  \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
-    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", _state, _conf.bootindex, -1),        \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state, \
-                       _conf.discard_granularity, 0)
-
 #endif /* BLOCK_INT_H */
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 8f719ee76..740ffe0b3 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "dma.h"
 #include "blockdev.h"
+#include "block_int.h"
 
 #include <hw/ide/internal.h>
 
diff --git a/hw/ide/internal.h b/hw/ide/internal.h
index 663db3969..233915ce0 100644
--- a/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  * non-internal declarations are in hw/ide.h
  */
 #include <hw/ide.h>
-#include "block_int.h"
 #include "iorange.h"
 #include "dma.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index f48ca8b5d..d44b3b87b 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ do { fprintf(stderr, "scsi-disk: " fmt , ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
 #include "scsi-defs.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "blockdev.h"
+#include "block_int.h"
 
 #define SCSI_DMA_BUF_SIZE    131072
 #define SCSI_MAX_INQUIRY_LEN 256
diff --git a/hw/scsi.h b/hw/scsi.h
index a28cd68d2..e8dcabfa2 100644
--- a/hw/scsi.h
+++ b/hw/scsi.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "qdev.h"
 #include "block.h"
-#include "block_int.h"
 
 #define MAX_SCSI_DEVS	255
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 6d1a7cf5c..7bf684ee7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu-error.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "blockdev.h"
+#include "block_int.h"
 #include "virtio-blk.h"
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <scsi/sg.h>
diff --git a/hw/virtio.h b/hw/virtio.h
index c1292647f..4d20d9b8f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.h
+++ b/hw/virtio.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "net.h"
 #include "qdev.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
-#include "block_int.h"
+#include "block.h"
 #include "event_notifier.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
 #include "9p.h"