diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 98aac98bef5f..d08af3bdc1a2 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
 #include "nvme.h"
+#include "dif.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 #define NVME_MAX_IOQPAIRS 0xffff
diff --git a/hw/nvme/dif.c b/hw/nvme/dif.c
index 5dbd18b2a4a5..cd0cea2b5ebd 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/dif.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/dif.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
 #include "nvme.h"
+#include "dif.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 uint16_t nvme_check_prinfo(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t prinfo, uint64_t slba,
diff --git a/hw/nvme/dif.h b/hw/nvme/dif.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e36fea30e71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/nvme/dif.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#ifndef HW_NVME_DIF_H
+#define HW_NVME_DIF_H
+
+/* from Linux kernel (crypto/crct10dif_common.c) */
+static const uint16_t t10_dif_crc_table[256] = {
+    0x0000, 0x8BB7, 0x9CD9, 0x176E, 0xB205, 0x39B2, 0x2EDC, 0xA56B,
+    0xEFBD, 0x640A, 0x7364, 0xF8D3, 0x5DB8, 0xD60F, 0xC161, 0x4AD6,
+    0x54CD, 0xDF7A, 0xC814, 0x43A3, 0xE6C8, 0x6D7F, 0x7A11, 0xF1A6,
+    0xBB70, 0x30C7, 0x27A9, 0xAC1E, 0x0975, 0x82C2, 0x95AC, 0x1E1B,
+    0xA99A, 0x222D, 0x3543, 0xBEF4, 0x1B9F, 0x9028, 0x8746, 0x0CF1,
+    0x4627, 0xCD90, 0xDAFE, 0x5149, 0xF422, 0x7F95, 0x68FB, 0xE34C,
+    0xFD57, 0x76E0, 0x618E, 0xEA39, 0x4F52, 0xC4E5, 0xD38B, 0x583C,
+    0x12EA, 0x995D, 0x8E33, 0x0584, 0xA0EF, 0x2B58, 0x3C36, 0xB781,
+    0xD883, 0x5334, 0x445A, 0xCFED, 0x6A86, 0xE131, 0xF65F, 0x7DE8,
+    0x373E, 0xBC89, 0xABE7, 0x2050, 0x853B, 0x0E8C, 0x19E2, 0x9255,
+    0x8C4E, 0x07F9, 0x1097, 0x9B20, 0x3E4B, 0xB5FC, 0xA292, 0x2925,
+    0x63F3, 0xE844, 0xFF2A, 0x749D, 0xD1F6, 0x5A41, 0x4D2F, 0xC698,
+    0x7119, 0xFAAE, 0xEDC0, 0x6677, 0xC31C, 0x48AB, 0x5FC5, 0xD472,
+    0x9EA4, 0x1513, 0x027D, 0x89CA, 0x2CA1, 0xA716, 0xB078, 0x3BCF,
+    0x25D4, 0xAE63, 0xB90D, 0x32BA, 0x97D1, 0x1C66, 0x0B08, 0x80BF,
+    0xCA69, 0x41DE, 0x56B0, 0xDD07, 0x786C, 0xF3DB, 0xE4B5, 0x6F02,
+    0x3AB1, 0xB106, 0xA668, 0x2DDF, 0x88B4, 0x0303, 0x146D, 0x9FDA,
+    0xD50C, 0x5EBB, 0x49D5, 0xC262, 0x6709, 0xECBE, 0xFBD0, 0x7067,
+    0x6E7C, 0xE5CB, 0xF2A5, 0x7912, 0xDC79, 0x57CE, 0x40A0, 0xCB17,
+    0x81C1, 0x0A76, 0x1D18, 0x96AF, 0x33C4, 0xB873, 0xAF1D, 0x24AA,
+    0x932B, 0x189C, 0x0FF2, 0x8445, 0x212E, 0xAA99, 0xBDF7, 0x3640,
+    0x7C96, 0xF721, 0xE04F, 0x6BF8, 0xCE93, 0x4524, 0x524A, 0xD9FD,
+    0xC7E6, 0x4C51, 0x5B3F, 0xD088, 0x75E3, 0xFE54, 0xE93A, 0x628D,
+    0x285B, 0xA3EC, 0xB482, 0x3F35, 0x9A5E, 0x11E9, 0x0687, 0x8D30,
+    0xE232, 0x6985, 0x7EEB, 0xF55C, 0x5037, 0xDB80, 0xCCEE, 0x4759,
+    0x0D8F, 0x8638, 0x9156, 0x1AE1, 0xBF8A, 0x343D, 0x2353, 0xA8E4,
+    0xB6FF, 0x3D48, 0x2A26, 0xA191, 0x04FA, 0x8F4D, 0x9823, 0x1394,
+    0x5942, 0xD2F5, 0xC59B, 0x4E2C, 0xEB47, 0x60F0, 0x779E, 0xFC29,
+    0x4BA8, 0xC01F, 0xD771, 0x5CC6, 0xF9AD, 0x721A, 0x6574, 0xEEC3,
+    0xA415, 0x2FA2, 0x38CC, 0xB37B, 0x1610, 0x9DA7, 0x8AC9, 0x017E,
+    0x1F65, 0x94D2, 0x83BC, 0x080B, 0xAD60, 0x26D7, 0x31B9, 0xBA0E,
+    0xF0D8, 0x7B6F, 0x6C01, 0xE7B6, 0x42DD, 0xC96A, 0xDE04, 0x55B3
+};
+
+uint16_t nvme_check_prinfo(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t prinfo, uint64_t slba,
+                           uint32_t reftag);
+uint16_t nvme_dif_mangle_mdata(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen,
+                               uint64_t slba);
+void nvme_dif_pract_generate_dif(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
+                                 uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen, uint16_t apptag,
+                                 uint32_t *reftag);
+uint16_t nvme_dif_check(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
+                        uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen, uint8_t prinfo,
+                        uint64_t slba, uint16_t apptag,
+                        uint16_t appmask, uint32_t *reftag);
+uint16_t nvme_dif_rw(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req);
+
+#endif /* HW_NVME_DIF_H */
diff --git a/hw/nvme/nvme.h b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
index 90c0bb7ce236..801176a2bd5e 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/nvme/nvme.h
@@ -513,54 +513,4 @@ void nvme_rw_complete_cb(void *opaque, int ret);
 uint16_t nvme_map_dptr(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeSg *sg, size_t len,
                        NvmeCmd *cmd);
 
-/* from Linux kernel (crypto/crct10dif_common.c) */
-static const uint16_t t10_dif_crc_table[256] = {
-    0x0000, 0x8BB7, 0x9CD9, 0x176E, 0xB205, 0x39B2, 0x2EDC, 0xA56B,
-    0xEFBD, 0x640A, 0x7364, 0xF8D3, 0x5DB8, 0xD60F, 0xC161, 0x4AD6,
-    0x54CD, 0xDF7A, 0xC814, 0x43A3, 0xE6C8, 0x6D7F, 0x7A11, 0xF1A6,
-    0xBB70, 0x30C7, 0x27A9, 0xAC1E, 0x0975, 0x82C2, 0x95AC, 0x1E1B,
-    0xA99A, 0x222D, 0x3543, 0xBEF4, 0x1B9F, 0x9028, 0x8746, 0x0CF1,
-    0x4627, 0xCD90, 0xDAFE, 0x5149, 0xF422, 0x7F95, 0x68FB, 0xE34C,
-    0xFD57, 0x76E0, 0x618E, 0xEA39, 0x4F52, 0xC4E5, 0xD38B, 0x583C,
-    0x12EA, 0x995D, 0x8E33, 0x0584, 0xA0EF, 0x2B58, 0x3C36, 0xB781,
-    0xD883, 0x5334, 0x445A, 0xCFED, 0x6A86, 0xE131, 0xF65F, 0x7DE8,
-    0x373E, 0xBC89, 0xABE7, 0x2050, 0x853B, 0x0E8C, 0x19E2, 0x9255,
-    0x8C4E, 0x07F9, 0x1097, 0x9B20, 0x3E4B, 0xB5FC, 0xA292, 0x2925,
-    0x63F3, 0xE844, 0xFF2A, 0x749D, 0xD1F6, 0x5A41, 0x4D2F, 0xC698,
-    0x7119, 0xFAAE, 0xEDC0, 0x6677, 0xC31C, 0x48AB, 0x5FC5, 0xD472,
-    0x9EA4, 0x1513, 0x027D, 0x89CA, 0x2CA1, 0xA716, 0xB078, 0x3BCF,
-    0x25D4, 0xAE63, 0xB90D, 0x32BA, 0x97D1, 0x1C66, 0x0B08, 0x80BF,
-    0xCA69, 0x41DE, 0x56B0, 0xDD07, 0x786C, 0xF3DB, 0xE4B5, 0x6F02,
-    0x3AB1, 0xB106, 0xA668, 0x2DDF, 0x88B4, 0x0303, 0x146D, 0x9FDA,
-    0xD50C, 0x5EBB, 0x49D5, 0xC262, 0x6709, 0xECBE, 0xFBD0, 0x7067,
-    0x6E7C, 0xE5CB, 0xF2A5, 0x7912, 0xDC79, 0x57CE, 0x40A0, 0xCB17,
-    0x81C1, 0x0A76, 0x1D18, 0x96AF, 0x33C4, 0xB873, 0xAF1D, 0x24AA,
-    0x932B, 0x189C, 0x0FF2, 0x8445, 0x212E, 0xAA99, 0xBDF7, 0x3640,
-    0x7C96, 0xF721, 0xE04F, 0x6BF8, 0xCE93, 0x4524, 0x524A, 0xD9FD,
-    0xC7E6, 0x4C51, 0x5B3F, 0xD088, 0x75E3, 0xFE54, 0xE93A, 0x628D,
-    0x285B, 0xA3EC, 0xB482, 0x3F35, 0x9A5E, 0x11E9, 0x0687, 0x8D30,
-    0xE232, 0x6985, 0x7EEB, 0xF55C, 0x5037, 0xDB80, 0xCCEE, 0x4759,
-    0x0D8F, 0x8638, 0x9156, 0x1AE1, 0xBF8A, 0x343D, 0x2353, 0xA8E4,
-    0xB6FF, 0x3D48, 0x2A26, 0xA191, 0x04FA, 0x8F4D, 0x9823, 0x1394,
-    0x5942, 0xD2F5, 0xC59B, 0x4E2C, 0xEB47, 0x60F0, 0x779E, 0xFC29,
-    0x4BA8, 0xC01F, 0xD771, 0x5CC6, 0xF9AD, 0x721A, 0x6574, 0xEEC3,
-    0xA415, 0x2FA2, 0x38CC, 0xB37B, 0x1610, 0x9DA7, 0x8AC9, 0x017E,
-    0x1F65, 0x94D2, 0x83BC, 0x080B, 0xAD60, 0x26D7, 0x31B9, 0xBA0E,
-    0xF0D8, 0x7B6F, 0x6C01, 0xE7B6, 0x42DD, 0xC96A, 0xDE04, 0x55B3
-};
-
-uint16_t nvme_check_prinfo(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t prinfo, uint64_t slba,
-                           uint32_t reftag);
-uint16_t nvme_dif_mangle_mdata(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen,
-                               uint64_t slba);
-void nvme_dif_pract_generate_dif(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
-                                 uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen, uint16_t apptag,
-                                 uint32_t *reftag);
-uint16_t nvme_dif_check(NvmeNamespace *ns, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
-                        uint8_t *mbuf, size_t mlen, uint8_t prinfo,
-                        uint64_t slba, uint16_t apptag,
-                        uint16_t appmask, uint32_t *reftag);
-uint16_t nvme_dif_rw(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req);
-
-
 #endif /* HW_NVME_INTERNAL_H */
