diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fb89fb..c8c0b18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ block-nested-$(CONFIG_CURL) += curl.o
 block-obj-y +=  $(addprefix block/, $(block-nested-y))
 
 net-obj-y = net.o
-net-nested-y = queue.o
+net-nested-y = queue.o checksum.o
 net-obj-y += $(addprefix net/, $(net-nested-y))
 
 ######################################################################
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SD) += sd.o
 obj-y += bt.o bt-host.o bt-vhci.o bt-l2cap.o bt-sdp.o bt-hci.o bt-hid.o usb-bt.o
 obj-y += bt-hci-csr.o
 obj-y += buffered_file.o migration.o migration-tcp.o qemu-sockets.o
-obj-y += qemu-char.o aio.o net-checksum.o savevm.o
+obj-y += qemu-char.o aio.o savevm.o
 obj-y += msmouse.o ps2.o
 obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o
 obj-y += qint.o qstring.o qdict.o qlist.o qemu-config.o
diff --git a/hw/e1000.c b/hw/e1000.c
index f123bda..bf753f2 100644
--- a/hw/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/e1000.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "pci.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "net/checksum.h"
 
 #include "e1000_hw.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-net.c b/hw/virtio-net.c
index 15b6f45..9e0acaf 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-net.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "virtio.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "net/checksum.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "virtio-net.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/xen_nic.c b/hw/xen_nic.c
index 75599d6..bcf161c 100644
--- a/hw/xen_nic.c
+++ b/hw/xen_nic.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "net/checksum.h"
 #include "qemu-char.h"
 #include "xen_backend.h"
 
diff --git a/net-checksum.c b/net-checksum.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4956c5c..0000000
--- a/net-checksum.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  IP checksumming functions.
- *  (c) 2008 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; under version 2 of the License.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "hw/hw.h"
-#include "net.h"
-
-#define PROTO_TCP  6
-#define PROTO_UDP 17
-
-uint32_t net_checksum_add(int len, uint8_t *buf)
-{
-    uint32_t sum = 0;
-    int i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-	if (i & 1)
-	    sum += (uint32_t)buf[i];
-	else
-	    sum += (uint32_t)buf[i] << 8;
-    }
-    return sum;
-}
-
-uint16_t net_checksum_finish(uint32_t sum)
-{
-    while (sum>>16)
-	sum = (sum & 0xFFFF)+(sum >> 16);
-    return ~sum;
-}
-
-uint16_t net_checksum_tcpudp(uint16_t length, uint16_t proto,
-                             uint8_t *addrs, uint8_t *buf)
-{
-    uint32_t sum = 0;
-
-    sum += net_checksum_add(length, buf);         // payload
-    sum += net_checksum_add(8, addrs);            // src + dst address
-    sum += proto + length;                        // protocol & length
-    return net_checksum_finish(sum);
-}
-
-void net_checksum_calculate(uint8_t *data, int length)
-{
-    int hlen, plen, proto, csum_offset;
-    uint16_t csum;
-
-    if ((data[14] & 0xf0) != 0x40)
-	return; /* not IPv4 */
-    hlen  = (data[14] & 0x0f) * 4;
-    plen  = (data[16] << 8 | data[17]) - hlen;
-    proto = data[23];
-
-    switch (proto) {
-    case PROTO_TCP:
-	csum_offset = 16;
-	break;
-    case PROTO_UDP:
-	csum_offset = 6;
-	break;
-    default:
-	return;
-    }
-
-    if (plen < csum_offset+2)
-	return;
-
-    data[14+hlen+csum_offset]   = 0;
-    data[14+hlen+csum_offset+1] = 0;
-    csum = net_checksum_tcpudp(plen, proto, data+14+12, data+14+hlen);
-    data[14+hlen+csum_offset]   = csum >> 8;
-    data[14+hlen+csum_offset+1] = csum & 0xff;
-}
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 9ebb978..86eb200 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ struct HCIInfo {
 
 struct HCIInfo *qemu_next_hci(void);
 
-/* checksumming functions (net-checksum.c) */
-uint32_t net_checksum_add(int len, uint8_t *buf);
-uint16_t net_checksum_finish(uint32_t sum);
-uint16_t net_checksum_tcpudp(uint16_t length, uint16_t proto,
-                             uint8_t *addrs, uint8_t *buf);
-void net_checksum_calculate(uint8_t *data, int length);
-
 /* from net.c */
 extern const char *legacy_tftp_prefix;
 extern const char *legacy_bootp_filename;
diff --git a/net/checksum.c b/net/checksum.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4046932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/checksum.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ *  IP checksumming functions.
+ *  (c) 2008 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; under version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "net/checksum.h"
+
+#define PROTO_TCP  6
+#define PROTO_UDP 17
+
+uint32_t net_checksum_add(int len, uint8_t *buf)
+{
+    uint32_t sum = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+	if (i & 1)
+	    sum += (uint32_t)buf[i];
+	else
+	    sum += (uint32_t)buf[i] << 8;
+    }
+    return sum;
+}
+
+uint16_t net_checksum_finish(uint32_t sum)
+{
+    while (sum>>16)
+	sum = (sum & 0xFFFF)+(sum >> 16);
+    return ~sum;
+}
+
+uint16_t net_checksum_tcpudp(uint16_t length, uint16_t proto,
+                             uint8_t *addrs, uint8_t *buf)
+{
+    uint32_t sum = 0;
+
+    sum += net_checksum_add(length, buf);         // payload
+    sum += net_checksum_add(8, addrs);            // src + dst address
+    sum += proto + length;                        // protocol & length
+    return net_checksum_finish(sum);
+}
+
+void net_checksum_calculate(uint8_t *data, int length)
+{
+    int hlen, plen, proto, csum_offset;
+    uint16_t csum;
+
+    if ((data[14] & 0xf0) != 0x40)
+	return; /* not IPv4 */
+    hlen  = (data[14] & 0x0f) * 4;
+    plen  = (data[16] << 8 | data[17]) - hlen;
+    proto = data[23];
+
+    switch (proto) {
+    case PROTO_TCP:
+	csum_offset = 16;
+	break;
+    case PROTO_UDP:
+	csum_offset = 6;
+	break;
+    default:
+	return;
+    }
+
+    if (plen < csum_offset+2)
+	return;
+
+    data[14+hlen+csum_offset]   = 0;
+    data[14+hlen+csum_offset+1] = 0;
+    csum = net_checksum_tcpudp(plen, proto, data+14+12, data+14+hlen);
+    data[14+hlen+csum_offset]   = csum >> 8;
+    data[14+hlen+csum_offset+1] = csum & 0xff;
+}
diff --git a/net/checksum.h b/net/checksum.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f05298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/checksum.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ *  IP checksumming functions.
+ *  (c) 2008 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; under version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_NET_CHECKSUM_H
+#define QEMU_NET_CHECKSUM_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+uint32_t net_checksum_add(int len, uint8_t *buf);
+uint16_t net_checksum_finish(uint32_t sum);
+uint16_t net_checksum_tcpudp(uint16_t length, uint16_t proto,
+                             uint8_t *addrs, uint8_t *buf);
+void net_checksum_calculate(uint8_t *data, int length);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_NET_CHECKSUM_H */
