diff --git a/include/block/aio_task.h b/include/block/aio_task.h
index 50bc1e1817..18a9c41f4e 100644
--- a/include/block/aio_task.h
+++ b/include/block/aio_task.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #ifndef BLOCK_AIO_TASK_H
 #define BLOCK_AIO_TASK_H
 
-#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
-
 typedef struct AioTaskPool AioTaskPool;
 typedef struct AioTask AioTask;
 typedef int coroutine_fn (*AioTaskFunc)(AioTask *task);
diff --git a/include/block/block-common.h b/include/block/block-common.h
index 4749c46a5e..434ffc5d34 100644
--- a/include/block/block-common.h
+++ b/include/block/block-common.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "block/aio.h"
 #include "block/aio-wait.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
-#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "block/accounting.h"
 #include "qemu/hbitmap.h"
 #include "qemu/transactions.h"
diff --git a/include/block/graph-lock.h b/include/block/graph-lock.h
index 4c92cd8edf..3ab924d5e2 100644
--- a/include/block/graph-lock.h
+++ b/include/block/graph-lock.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/clang-tsa.h"
 
-#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
-
 /**
  * Graph Lock API
  * This API provides a rwlock used to protect block layer
diff --git a/include/monitor/hmp.h b/include/monitor/hmp.h
index 27f86399f7..c9e3887737 100644
--- a/include/monitor/hmp.h
+++ b/include/monitor/hmp.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #define HMP_H
 
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
-#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-common.h"
 
 bool hmp_handle_error(Monitor *mon, Error *err);
diff --git a/include/qemu/coroutine.h b/include/qemu/coroutine.h
index 89650a2d7f..2496a4f4ef 100644
--- a/include/qemu/coroutine.h
+++ b/include/qemu/coroutine.h
@@ -26,23 +26,19 @@
  * waiting for events to complete.
  *
  * These functions are re-entrant and may be used outside the global mutex.
- */
-
-/**
- * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context
  *
- * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from
- * normal functions.  In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or
- * static checker support for catching such errors.  This annotation might make
- * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation.
- *
- * For example:
+ * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called
+ * directly from normal functions.  Use @coroutine_fn to mark such
+ * functions.  For example:
  *
  *   static void coroutine_fn foo(void) {
  *       ....
  *   }
+ *
+ * In the future it would be nice to have the compiler or a static
+ * checker catch misuse of such functions.  This annotation might make
+ * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation.
  */
-#define coroutine_fn
 
 typedef struct Coroutine Coroutine;
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index bd23a08595..c850001408 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "qemu/typedefs.h"
 
+/**
+ * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context
+ *
+ * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from
+ * normal functions.  In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or
+ * static checker support for catching such errors.  This annotation might make
+ * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ *   static void coroutine_fn foo(void) {
+ *       ....
+ *   }
+ */
+#define coroutine_fn
+
 /*
  * For mingw, as of v6.0.0, the function implementing the assert macro is
  * not marked as noreturn, so the compiler cannot delete code following an