diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d8a92666fb..a91b39465c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ if have_system or have_user
     'target/hppa',
     'target/i386',
     'target/i386/kvm',
-    'target/mips',
+    'target/mips/tcg',
     'target/ppc',
     'target/riscv',
     'target/s390x',
diff --git a/target/mips/trace-events b/target/mips/tcg/trace-events
similarity index 100%
rename from target/mips/trace-events
rename to target/mips/tcg/trace-events
diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/trace.h b/target/mips/tcg/trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8c6c4568e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "trace/trace-target_mips_tcg.h"
diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
index 4b7229a868..0a4257db2a 100644
--- a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "exec/helper-gen.h"
 #include "semihosting/semihost.h"
 
-#include "target/mips/trace.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace-tcg.h"
 #include "exec/translator.h"
 #include "exec/log.h"
diff --git a/target/mips/trace.h b/target/mips/trace.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f25b88ca6f..0000000000
--- a/target/mips/trace.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "trace/trace-target_mips.h"