diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.h b/include/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57335c3703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * IOThread Virtqueue Mapping
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_VIRTIO_IOTHREAD_VQ_MAPPING_H
+#define HW_VIRTIO_IOTHREAD_VQ_MAPPING_H
+
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-virtio.h"
+
+/**
+ * iothread_vq_mapping_apply:
+ * @list: The mapping of virtqueues to IOThreads.
+ * @vq_aio_context: The array of AioContext pointers to fill in.
+ * @num_queues: The length of @vq_aio_context.
+ * @errp: If an error occurs, a pointer to the area to store the error.
+ *
+ * Fill in the AioContext for each virtqueue in the @vq_aio_context array given
+ * the iothread-vq-mapping parameter in @list.
+ *
+ * iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup() must be called to free IOThread object
+ * references after this function returns success.
+ *
+ * Returns: %true on success, %false on failure.
+ **/
+bool iothread_vq_mapping_apply(
+        IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list,
+        AioContext **vq_aio_context,
+        uint16_t num_queues,
+        Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup:
+ * @list: The mapping of virtqueues to IOThreads.
+ *
+ * Release IOThread object references that were acquired by
+ * iothread_vq_mapping_apply().
+ */
+void iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup(IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list);
+
+#endif /* HW_VIRTIO_IOTHREAD_VQ_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index 6464a305d0..04f99d2d22 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-blk-common.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
@@ -1413,147 +1414,6 @@ static const BlockDevOps virtio_block_ops = {
     .drained_end   = virtio_blk_drained_end,
 };
 
-static bool
-iothread_vq_mapping_validate(IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list, uint16_t
-        num_queues, Error **errp)
-{
-    g_autofree unsigned long *vqs = bitmap_new(num_queues);
-    g_autoptr(GHashTable) iothreads =
-        g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
-
-    for (IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node = list; node; node = node->next) {
-        const char *name = node->value->iothread;
-        uint16List *vq;
-
-        if (!iothread_by_id(name)) {
-            error_setg(errp, "IOThread \"%s\" object does not exist", name);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (!g_hash_table_add(iothreads, (gpointer)name)) {
-            error_setg(errp,
-                    "duplicate IOThread name \"%s\" in iothread-vq-mapping",
-                    name);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (node != list) {
-            if (!!node->value->vqs != !!list->value->vqs) {
-                error_setg(errp, "either all items in iothread-vq-mapping "
-                                 "must have vqs or none of them must have it");
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        for (vq = node->value->vqs; vq; vq = vq->next) {
-            if (vq->value >= num_queues) {
-                error_setg(errp, "vq index %u for IOThread \"%s\" must be "
-                        "less than num_queues %u in iothread-vq-mapping",
-                        vq->value, name, num_queues);
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (test_and_set_bit(vq->value, vqs)) {
-                error_setg(errp, "cannot assign vq %u to IOThread \"%s\" "
-                        "because it is already assigned", vq->value, name);
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (list->value->vqs) {
-        for (uint16_t i = 0; i < num_queues; i++) {
-            if (!test_bit(i, vqs)) {
-                error_setg(errp,
-                        "missing vq %u IOThread assignment in iothread-vq-mapping",
-                        i);
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/**
- * iothread_vq_mapping_apply:
- * @list: The mapping of virtqueues to IOThreads.
- * @vq_aio_context: The array of AioContext pointers to fill in.
- * @num_queues: The length of @vq_aio_context.
- * @errp: If an error occurs, a pointer to the area to store the error.
- *
- * Fill in the AioContext for each virtqueue in the @vq_aio_context array given
- * the iothread-vq-mapping parameter in @list.
- *
- * iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup() must be called to free IOThread object
- * references after this function returns success.
- *
- * Returns: %true on success, %false on failure.
- **/
-static bool iothread_vq_mapping_apply(
-        IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list,
-        AioContext **vq_aio_context,
-        uint16_t num_queues,
-        Error **errp)
-{
-    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node;
-    size_t num_iothreads = 0;
-    size_t cur_iothread = 0;
-
-    if (!iothread_vq_mapping_validate(list, num_queues, errp)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
-        num_iothreads++;
-    }
-
-    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
-        IOThread *iothread = iothread_by_id(node->value->iothread);
-        AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(iothread);
-
-        /* Released in virtio_blk_vq_aio_context_cleanup() */
-        object_ref(OBJECT(iothread));
-
-        if (node->value->vqs) {
-            uint16List *vq;
-
-            /* Explicit vq:IOThread assignment */
-            for (vq = node->value->vqs; vq; vq = vq->next) {
-                assert(vq->value < num_queues);
-                vq_aio_context[vq->value] = ctx;
-            }
-        } else {
-            /* Round-robin vq:IOThread assignment */
-            for (unsigned i = cur_iothread; i < num_queues;
-                 i += num_iothreads) {
-                vq_aio_context[i] = ctx;
-            }
-        }
-
-        cur_iothread++;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-/**
- * iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup:
- * @list: The mapping of virtqueues to IOThreads.
- *
- * Release IOThread object references that were acquired by
- * iothread_vq_mapping_apply().
- */
-static void iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup(IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list)
-{
-    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node;
-
-    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
-        IOThread *iothread = iothread_by_id(node->value->iothread);
-        object_unref(OBJECT(iothread));
-    }
-}
-
 /* Context: BQL held */
 static bool virtio_blk_vq_aio_context_init(VirtIOBlock *s, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c b/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15909eb933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * IOThread Virtqueue Mapping
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "system/iothread.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.h"
+
+static bool
+iothread_vq_mapping_validate(IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list, uint16_t
+        num_queues, Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autofree unsigned long *vqs = bitmap_new(num_queues);
+    g_autoptr(GHashTable) iothreads =
+        g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
+
+    for (IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node = list; node; node = node->next) {
+        const char *name = node->value->iothread;
+        uint16List *vq;
+
+        if (!iothread_by_id(name)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "IOThread \"%s\" object does not exist", name);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!g_hash_table_add(iothreads, (gpointer)name)) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                    "duplicate IOThread name \"%s\" in iothread-vq-mapping",
+                    name);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (node != list) {
+            if (!!node->value->vqs != !!list->value->vqs) {
+                error_setg(errp, "either all items in iothread-vq-mapping "
+                                 "must have vqs or none of them must have it");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (vq = node->value->vqs; vq; vq = vq->next) {
+            if (vq->value >= num_queues) {
+                error_setg(errp, "vq index %u for IOThread \"%s\" must be "
+                        "less than num_queues %u in iothread-vq-mapping",
+                        vq->value, name, num_queues);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (test_and_set_bit(vq->value, vqs)) {
+                error_setg(errp, "cannot assign vq %u to IOThread \"%s\" "
+                        "because it is already assigned", vq->value, name);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (list->value->vqs) {
+        for (uint16_t i = 0; i < num_queues; i++) {
+            if (!test_bit(i, vqs)) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                        "missing vq %u IOThread assignment in iothread-vq-mapping",
+                        i);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool iothread_vq_mapping_apply(
+        IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list,
+        AioContext **vq_aio_context,
+        uint16_t num_queues,
+        Error **errp)
+{
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node;
+    size_t num_iothreads = 0;
+    size_t cur_iothread = 0;
+
+    if (!iothread_vq_mapping_validate(list, num_queues, errp)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
+        num_iothreads++;
+    }
+
+    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
+        IOThread *iothread = iothread_by_id(node->value->iothread);
+        AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(iothread);
+
+        /* Released in virtio_blk_vq_aio_context_cleanup() */
+        object_ref(OBJECT(iothread));
+
+        if (node->value->vqs) {
+            uint16List *vq;
+
+            /* Explicit vq:IOThread assignment */
+            for (vq = node->value->vqs; vq; vq = vq->next) {
+                assert(vq->value < num_queues);
+                vq_aio_context[vq->value] = ctx;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Round-robin vq:IOThread assignment */
+            for (unsigned i = cur_iothread; i < num_queues;
+                 i += num_iothreads) {
+                vq_aio_context[i] = ctx;
+            }
+        }
+
+        cur_iothread++;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void iothread_vq_mapping_cleanup(IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list)
+{
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *node;
+
+    for (node = list; node; node = node->next) {
+        IOThread *iothread = iothread_by_id(node->value->iothread);
+        object_unref(OBJECT(iothread));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/hw/virtio/meson.build b/hw/virtio/meson.build
index a5f9f7999d..19b04c4d9c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/meson.build
+++ b/hw/virtio/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 system_virtio_ss = ss.source_set()
 system_virtio_ss.add(files('virtio-bus.c'))
+system_virtio_ss.add(files('iothread-vq-mapping.c'))
 system_virtio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI', if_true: files('virtio-pci.c'))
 system_virtio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO', if_true: files('virtio-mmio.c'))
 system_virtio_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_CRYPTO', if_true: files('virtio-crypto.c'))
