diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 5ef14931cd..2ea4e12c90 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -65,22 +65,6 @@ int vfio_kvm_device_fd = -1;
  * Device state interfaces
  */
 
-bool vfio_mig_active(void)
-{
-    VFIODevice *vbasedev;
-
-    if (QLIST_EMPTY(&vfio_device_list)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, global_next) {
-        if (vbasedev->migration_blocker) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 static Error *multiple_devices_migration_blocker;
 
 /*
diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration.c b/hw/vfio/migration.c
index fbff46cfc3..b5fb0d2188 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,22 @@ void vfio_mig_add_bytes_transferred(unsigned long val)
     qatomic_add(&bytes_transferred, val);
 }
 
+bool vfio_mig_active(void)
+{
+    VFIODevice *vbasedev;
+
+    if (QLIST_EMPTY(&vfio_device_list)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(vbasedev, &vfio_device_list, global_next) {
+        if (vbasedev->migration_blocker) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return true when either migration initialized or blocker registered.
  * Currently only return false when adding blocker fails which will