diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 6187301481..cb2a7f7ad7 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-#include <sys/sysctl.h>
-#endif
-
 static struct passwd *user_pwd;
 static const char *chroot_dir;
 static int daemonize;
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index c2eeb4fe40..8e9c770d28 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ extern int daemon(int, int);
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 int qemu_get_thread_id(void)
 {
 #if defined(__linux__)