diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index e64b944d7c..d2b3aafdb4 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 bool monitor_cur_is_qmp(void);
 
+void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void);
 void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags);
 void monitor_cleanup(void);
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/module.h b/include/qemu/module.h
index 877cca7d7b..56dd218205 100644
--- a/include/qemu/module.h
+++ b/include/qemu/module.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor)) do_qemu_init_ ## function(void)    \
 typedef enum {
     MODULE_INIT_BLOCK,
     MODULE_INIT_OPTS,
-    MODULE_INIT_QAPI,
     MODULE_INIT_QOM,
     MODULE_INIT_TRACE,
     MODULE_INIT_MAX
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ typedef enum {
 
 #define block_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_BLOCK)
 #define opts_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_OPTS)
-#define qapi_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_QAPI)
 #define type_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_QOM)
 #define trace_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_TRACE)
 
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index b68944d93c..53f5f5a378 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -997,8 +997,10 @@ static void qmp_unregister_commands_hack(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void qmp_init_marshal(void)
+void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void)
 {
+    qmp_init_marshal();
+
     qmp_register_command("query-qmp-schema", qmp_query_qmp_schema,
                          QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
     qmp_register_command("device_add", qmp_device_add,
@@ -1006,12 +1008,9 @@ static void qmp_init_marshal(void)
     qmp_register_command("netdev_add", qmp_netdev_add,
                          QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
 
-    /* call it after the rest of qapi_init() */
-    register_module_init(qmp_unregister_commands_hack, MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
+    qmp_unregister_commands_hack();
 }
 
-qapi_init(qmp_init_marshal);
-
 /* set the current CPU defined by the user */
 int monitor_set_cpu(int cpu_index)
 {
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index 538e4ee299..6f8c614420 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     config->log_level = G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR | G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
 
-    module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
+    qmp_init_marshal();
 
     init_dfl_pathnames();
     config_load(config);
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 09e8467d90..a75946f47e 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -208,14 +208,12 @@ def gen_register_command(name, success_response):
 def gen_registry(registry):
     ret = mcgen('''
 
-static void qmp_init_marshal(void)
+void qmp_init_marshal(void)
 {
 ''')
     ret += registry
     ret += mcgen('''
 }
-
-qapi_init(qmp_init_marshal);
 ''')
     return ret
 
@@ -308,6 +306,7 @@ def visit_command(self, name, info, arg_type, ret_type,
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
+void qmp_init_marshal(void);
 ''',
                   prefix=prefix))
 
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
index ff944811e8..c4e20d1bb3 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/0.15/dealloc_types", test_dealloc_types);
     g_test_add_func("/0.15/dealloc_partial", test_dealloc_partial);
 
-    module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
+    qmp_init_marshal();
     g_test_run();
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 16a3b5ed8b..71b75ef8a0 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     qemu_init_exec_dir(argv[0]);
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
-    module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
+    monitor_init_qmp_commands();
 
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_drive_opts);
     qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_legacy_drive_opts);