diff --git a/block/coroutines.h b/block/coroutines.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ce1730a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/coroutines.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Block layer I/O functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BLOCK_COROUTINES_INT_H
+#define BLOCK_COROUTINES_INT_H
+
+#include "block/block_int.h"
+
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_check(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                               BdrvCheckResult *res, BdrvCheckMode fix);
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
+
+int coroutine_fn
+bdrv_co_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+             bool is_write, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
+int
+bdrv_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+          bool is_write, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
+
+int coroutine_fn
+bdrv_co_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                  BlockDriverState *base,
+                                  bool want_zero,
+                                  int64_t offset,
+                                  int64_t bytes,
+                                  int64_t *pnum,
+                                  int64_t *map,
+                                  BlockDriverState **file);
+int
+bdrv_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                               BlockDriverState *base,
+                               bool want_zero,
+                               int64_t offset,
+                               int64_t bytes,
+                               int64_t *pnum,
+                               int64_t *map,
+                               BlockDriverState **file);
+
+int coroutine_fn
+bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
+                   bool is_read);
+int
+bdrv_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
+                bool is_read);
+
+#endif /* BLOCK_COROUTINES_INT_H */
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index ccfe1d851b..ec5a8cbd7b 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/id.h"
+#include "block/coroutines.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BSD
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -4640,8 +4641,8 @@ static void bdrv_delete(BlockDriverState *bs)
  * free of errors) or -errno when an internal error occurred. The results of the
  * check are stored in res.
  */
-static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_check(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                      BdrvCheckResult *res, BdrvCheckMode fix)
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_check(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                               BdrvCheckResult *res, BdrvCheckMode fix)
 {
     if (bs->drv == NULL) {
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
@@ -5649,8 +5650,7 @@ void bdrv_init_with_whitelist(void)
     bdrv_init();
 }
 
-static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                                 Error **errp)
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     BdrvChild *child, *parent;
     uint64_t perm, shared_perm;
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 2e2c89ce31..676c932caf 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "block/blockjob.h"
 #include "block/blockjob_int.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
+#include "block/coroutines.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -933,9 +934,9 @@ typedef struct RwCo {
     BdrvRequestFlags flags;
 } RwCo;
 
-static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
-                                     QEMUIOVector *qiov, bool is_write,
-                                     BdrvRequestFlags flags)
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
+                              QEMUIOVector *qiov, bool is_write,
+                              BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     if (is_write) {
         return bdrv_co_pwritev(child, offset, qiov->size, qiov, flags);
@@ -955,9 +956,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_rw_co_entry(void *opaque)
 /*
  * Process a vectored synchronous request using coroutines
  */
-static int bdrv_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
-                     QEMUIOVector *qiov, bool is_write,
-                     BdrvRequestFlags flags)
+int bdrv_prwv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
+              QEMUIOVector *qiov, bool is_write,
+              BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     RwCo rwco = {
         .child = child,
@@ -2468,7 +2469,7 @@ early_out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int coroutine_fn
+int coroutine_fn
 bdrv_co_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                   BlockDriverState *base,
                                   bool want_zero,
@@ -2525,12 +2526,12 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_block_status_above_co_entry(void *opaque)
  *
  * See bdrv_co_block_status_above() for details.
  */
-static int bdrv_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                          BlockDriverState *base,
-                                          bool want_zero, int64_t offset,
-                                          int64_t bytes, int64_t *pnum,
-                                          int64_t *map,
-                                          BlockDriverState **file)
+int bdrv_common_block_status_above(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                   BlockDriverState *base,
+                                   bool want_zero, int64_t offset,
+                                   int64_t bytes, int64_t *pnum,
+                                   int64_t *map,
+                                   BlockDriverState **file)
 {
     BdrvCoBlockStatusData data = {
         .bs = bs,
@@ -2646,7 +2647,7 @@ typedef struct BdrvVmstateCo {
     bool                is_read;
 } BdrvVmstateCo;
 
-static int coroutine_fn
+int coroutine_fn
 bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
                    bool is_read)
 {
@@ -2678,9 +2679,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_rw_vmstate_entry(void *opaque)
     return bdrv_co_rw_vmstate(co->bs, co->qiov, co->pos, co->is_read);
 }
 
-static inline int
-bdrv_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
-                bool is_read)
+int bdrv_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
+                    bool is_read)
 {
     BdrvVmstateCo data = {
         .bs         = bs,
