diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index f9b3f85b81..db8b03be51 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_COMMON_H
 #define QEMU_COMMON_H
 
-#define TFR(expr) do { if ((expr) != -1) break; } while (errno == EINTR)
-
 /* Copyright string for -version arguments, About dialogs, etc */
 #define QEMU_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (c) 2003-2022 " \
     "Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers"
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 240b48707e..489a5d1aad 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ESHUTDOWN 4099
 #endif
 
+#define TFR(expr) do { if ((expr) != -1) break; } while (errno == EINTR)
+
 /* time_t may be either 32 or 64 bits depending on the host OS, and
  * can be either signed or unsigned, so we can't just hardcode a
  * specific maximum value. This is not a C preprocessor constant,