diff --git a/include/hw/i386/topology.h b/include/hw/i386/topology.h
index dff49fce1154..10d05ff045c7 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/topology.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/topology.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  *  CPUID Fn8000_0008_ECX[ApicIdCoreIdSize[3:0]] is set to apicid_core_width().
  */
 
-
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-machine-common.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 
 /*
@@ -62,22 +62,6 @@ typedef struct X86CPUTopoInfo {
     unsigned threads_per_core;
 } X86CPUTopoInfo;
 
-/*
- * CPUTopoLevel is the general i386 topology hierarchical representation,
- * ordered by increasing hierarchical relationship.
- * Its enumeration value is not bound to the type value of Intel (CPUID[0x1F])
- * or AMD (CPUID[0x80000026]).
- */
-enum CPUTopoLevel {
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_INVALID,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_MODULE,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_DIE,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE,
-    CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_MAX,
-};
-
 /* Return the bit width needed for 'count' IDs */
 static unsigned apicid_bitwidth_for_count(unsigned count)
 {
diff --git a/qapi/machine-common.json b/qapi/machine-common.json
index fa6bd71d1280..82413c668bdb 100644
--- a/qapi/machine-common.json
+++ b/qapi/machine-common.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 ##
-# = Machines S390 data types
+# = Common machine types
 ##
 
 ##
@@ -19,3 +19,48 @@
 { 'enum': 'CpuS390Entitlement',
   'prefix': 'S390_CPU_ENTITLEMENT',
   'data': [ 'auto', 'low', 'medium', 'high' ] }
+
+##
+# @CpuTopologyLevel:
+#
+# An enumeration of CPU topology levels.
+#
+# @invalid: Invalid topology level.
+#
+# @thread: thread level, which would also be called SMT level or
+#     logical processor level.  The @threads option in
+#     SMPConfiguration is used to configure the topology of this
+#     level.
+#
+# @core: core level.  The @cores option in SMPConfiguration is used
+#     to configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @module: module level.  The @modules option in SMPConfiguration is
+#     used to configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @cluster: cluster level.  The @clusters option in SMPConfiguration
+#     is used to configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @die: die level.  The @dies option in SMPConfiguration is used to
+#     configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @socket: socket level, which would also be called package level.
+#     The @sockets option in SMPConfiguration is used to configure
+#     the topology of this level.
+#
+# @book: book level.  The @books option in SMPConfiguration is used
+#     to configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @drawer: drawer level.  The @drawers option in SMPConfiguration is
+#     used to configure the topology of this level.
+#
+# @default: default level.  Some architectures will have default
+#     topology settings (e.g., cache topology), and this special
+#     level means following the architecture-specific settings.
+#
+# Since: 9.1
+##
+{ 'enum': 'CpuTopologyLevel',
+  'prefix': 'CPU_TOPO_LEVEL',
+  'data': [ 'invalid', 'thread', 'core', 'module', 'cluster',
+            'die', 'socket', 'book', 'drawer', 'default' ] }
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 4c2e6f3a71e9..4ae3bbf30682 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static uint8_t cpuid2_cache_descriptor(CPUCacheInfo *cache)
                        0 /* Invalid value */)
 
 static uint32_t max_thread_ids_for_cache(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
-                                         enum CPUTopoLevel share_level)
+                                         enum CpuTopologyLevel share_level)
 {
     uint32_t num_ids = 0;
 
@@ -247,12 +247,12 @@ static uint32_t max_thread_ids_for_cache(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_DIE:
         num_ids = 1 << apicid_die_offset(topo_info);
         break;
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET:
         num_ids = 1 << apicid_pkg_offset(topo_info);
         break;
     default:
         /*
-         * Currently there is no use case for SMT and MODULE, so use
+         * Currently there is no use case for THREAD and MODULE, so use
          * assert directly to facilitate debugging.
          */
         g_assert_not_reached();
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ static void encode_cache_cpuid4(CPUCacheInfo *cache,
 }
 
 static uint32_t num_threads_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
-                                          enum CPUTopoLevel topo_level)
+                                          enum CpuTopologyLevel topo_level)
 {
     switch (topo_level) {
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_THREAD:
         return 1;
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE:
         return topo_info->threads_per_core;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static uint32_t num_threads_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_DIE:
         return topo_info->threads_per_core * topo_info->cores_per_module *
                topo_info->modules_per_die;
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET:
         return topo_info->threads_per_core * topo_info->cores_per_module *
                topo_info->modules_per_die * topo_info->dies_per_pkg;
     default:
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ static uint32_t num_threads_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
 }
 
 static uint32_t apicid_offset_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
-                                            enum CPUTopoLevel topo_level)
+                                            enum CpuTopologyLevel topo_level)
 {
     switch (topo_level) {
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_THREAD:
         return 0;
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE:
         return apicid_core_offset(topo_info);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static uint32_t apicid_offset_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
         return apicid_module_offset(topo_info);
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_DIE:
         return apicid_die_offset(topo_info);
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET:
         return apicid_pkg_offset(topo_info);
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
@@ -342,12 +342,12 @@ static uint32_t apicid_offset_by_topo_level(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static uint32_t cpuid1f_topo_type(enum CPUTopoLevel topo_level)
+static uint32_t cpuid1f_topo_type(enum CpuTopologyLevel topo_level)
 {
     switch (topo_level) {
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_INVALID:
         return CPUID_1F_ECX_TOPO_LEVEL_INVALID;
-    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT:
+    case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_THREAD:
         return CPUID_1F_ECX_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT;
     case CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE:
         return CPUID_1F_ECX_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void encode_topo_cpuid1f(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t count,
     unsigned long level, next_level;
     uint32_t num_threads_next_level, offset_next_level;
 
-    assert(count + 1 < CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_MAX);
+    assert(count + 1 < CPU_TOPO_LEVEL__MAX);
 
     /*
      * Find the No.(count + 1) topology level in avail_cpu_topo bitmap.
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void encode_topo_cpuid1f(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t count,
     level = CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_INVALID;
     for (int i = 0; i <= count; i++) {
         level = find_next_bit(env->avail_cpu_topo,
-                              CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE,
+                              CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET,
                               level + 1);
 
         /*
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static void encode_topo_cpuid1f(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t count,
          * and it just encodes the invalid level (all fields are 0)
          * into the last subleaf of 0x1f.
          */
-        if (level == CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE) {
+        if (level == CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET) {
             level = CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_INVALID;
             break;
         }
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void encode_topo_cpuid1f(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t count,
         offset_next_level = 0;
     } else {
         next_level = find_next_bit(env->avail_cpu_topo,
-                                   CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE,
+                                   CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET,
                                    level + 1);
         num_threads_next_level = num_threads_by_topo_level(topo_info,
                                                            next_level);
@@ -6462,7 +6462,7 @@ void cpu_x86_cpuid(CPUX86State *env, uint32_t index, uint32_t count,
 
                     /* Share the cache at package level. */
                     *eax |= max_thread_ids_for_cache(&topo_info,
-                                CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE) << 14;
+                                CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET) << 14;
                 }
             }
         } else if (cpu->vendor_cpuid_only && IS_AMD_CPU(env)) {
@@ -7963,10 +7963,10 @@ static void x86_cpu_init_default_topo(X86CPU *cpu)
     env->nr_modules = 1;
     env->nr_dies = 1;
 
-    /* SMT, core and package levels are set by default. */
-    set_bit(CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SMT, env->avail_cpu_topo);
+    /* thread, core and socket levels are set by default. */
+    set_bit(CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_THREAD, env->avail_cpu_topo);
     set_bit(CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_CORE, env->avail_cpu_topo);
-    set_bit(CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_PACKAGE, env->avail_cpu_topo);
+    set_bit(CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_SOCKET, env->avail_cpu_topo);
 }
 
 static void x86_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index 29daf3704857..9ddba249aa9e 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ typedef struct CPUCacheInfo {
      * Used to encode CPUID[4].EAX[bits 25:14] or
      * CPUID[0x8000001D].EAX[bits 25:14].
      */
-    enum CPUTopoLevel share_level;
+    CpuTopologyLevel share_level;
 } CPUCacheInfo;
 
 
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ typedef struct CPUArchState {
     unsigned nr_modules;
 
     /* Bitmap of available CPU topology levels for this CPU. */
-    DECLARE_BITMAP(avail_cpu_topo, CPU_TOPO_LEVEL_MAX);
+    DECLARE_BITMAP(avail_cpu_topo, CPU_TOPO_LEVEL__MAX);
 } CPUX86State;
 
 struct kvm_msrs;
