diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c
index ada2717f76..704f368d9c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/boot.c
+++ b/hw/arm/boot.c
@@ -818,55 +818,6 @@ static void do_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * load_image_to_fw_cfg() - Load an image file into an fw_cfg entry identified
- *                          by key.
- * @fw_cfg:         The firmware config instance to store the data in.
- * @size_key:       The firmware config key to store the size of the loaded
- *                  data under, with fw_cfg_add_i32().
- * @data_key:       The firmware config key to store the loaded data under,
- *                  with fw_cfg_add_bytes().
- * @image_name:     The name of the image file to load. If it is NULL, the
- *                  function returns without doing anything.
- * @try_decompress: Whether the image should be decompressed (gunzipped) before
- *                  adding it to fw_cfg. If decompression fails, the image is
- *                  loaded as-is.
- *
- * In case of failure, the function prints an error message to stderr and the
- * process exits with status 1.
- */
-static void load_image_to_fw_cfg(FWCfgState *fw_cfg, uint16_t size_key,
-                                 uint16_t data_key, const char *image_name,
-                                 bool try_decompress)
-{
-    size_t size = -1;
-    uint8_t *data;
-
-    if (image_name == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (try_decompress) {
-        size = load_image_gzipped_buffer(image_name,
-                                         LOAD_IMAGE_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES, &data);
-    }
-
-    if (size == (size_t)-1) {
-        gchar *contents;
-        gsize length;
-
-        if (!g_file_get_contents(image_name, &contents, &length, NULL)) {
-            error_report("failed to load \"%s\"", image_name);
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        size = length;
-        data = (uint8_t *)contents;
-    }
-
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, size_key, size);
-    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, data_key, data, size);
-}
-
 static int do_arm_linux_init(Object *obj, void *opaque)
 {
     if (object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_ARM_LINUX_BOOT_IF)) {
diff --git a/hw/loongarch/virt.c b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
index 5cc0b05538..eee2c193c0 100644
--- a/hw/loongarch/virt.c
+++ b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
@@ -542,39 +542,6 @@ static void reset_load_elf(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-/* Load an image file into an fw_cfg entry identified by key. */
-static void load_image_to_fw_cfg(FWCfgState *fw_cfg, uint16_t size_key,
-                                 uint16_t data_key, const char *image_name,
-                                 bool try_decompress)
-{
-    size_t size = -1;
-    uint8_t *data;
-
-    if (image_name == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (try_decompress) {
-        size = load_image_gzipped_buffer(image_name,
-                                         LOAD_IMAGE_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES, &data);
-    }
-
-    if (size == (size_t)-1) {
-        gchar *contents;
-        gsize length;
-
-        if (!g_file_get_contents(image_name, &contents, &length, NULL)) {
-            error_report("failed to load \"%s\"", image_name);
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        size = length;
-        data = (uint8_t *)contents;
-    }
-
-    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, size_key, size);
-    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, data_key, data, size);
-}
-
 static void fw_cfg_add_kernel_info(FWCfgState *fw_cfg)
 {
     /*
diff --git a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
index d605f3f45a..3f68dae5d2 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_bus.h"
+#include "hw/loader.h"
 
 #define FW_CFG_FILE_SLOTS_DFLT 0x20
 
@@ -1221,6 +1222,54 @@ FWCfgState *fw_cfg_find(void)
     return FW_CFG(object_resolve_path_type("", TYPE_FW_CFG, NULL));
 }
 
+/**
+ * load_image_to_fw_cfg() - Load an image file into an fw_cfg entry identified
+ *                          by key.
+ * @fw_cfg:         The firmware config instance to store the data in.
+ * @size_key:       The firmware config key to store the size of the loaded
+ *                  data under, with fw_cfg_add_i32().
+ * @data_key:       The firmware config key to store the loaded data under,
+ *                  with fw_cfg_add_bytes().
+ * @image_name:     The name of the image file to load. If it is NULL, the
+ *                  function returns without doing anything.
+ * @try_decompress: Whether the image should be decompressed (gunzipped) before
+ *                  adding it to fw_cfg. If decompression fails, the image is
+ *                  loaded as-is.
+ *
+ * In case of failure, the function prints an error message to stderr and the
+ * process exits with status 1.
+ */
+void load_image_to_fw_cfg(FWCfgState *fw_cfg, uint16_t size_key,
+                          uint16_t data_key, const char *image_name,
+                          bool try_decompress)
+{
+    size_t size = -1;
+    uint8_t *data;
+
+    if (image_name == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (try_decompress) {
+        size = load_image_gzipped_buffer(image_name,
+                                         LOAD_IMAGE_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES, &data);
+    }
+
+    if (size == (size_t)-1) {
+        gchar *contents;
+        gsize length;
+
+        if (!g_file_get_contents(image_name, &contents, &length, NULL)) {
+            error_report("failed to load \"%s\"", image_name);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        size = length;
+        data = (uint8_t *)contents;
+    }
+
+    fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, size_key, size);
+    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, data_key, data, size);
+}
 
 static void fw_cfg_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h b/include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h
index 0e7a8bc7af..066c10d279 100644
--- a/include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h
+++ b/include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h
@@ -341,5 +341,8 @@ bool fw_cfg_dma_enabled(void *opaque);
  *          key lookup failure.
  */
 const char *fw_cfg_arch_key_name(uint16_t key);
+void load_image_to_fw_cfg(FWCfgState *fw_cfg, uint16_t size_key,
+                          uint16_t data_key, const char *image_name,
+                          bool try_decompress);
 
 #endif
