diff --git a/hw/net/tulip.c b/hw/net/tulip.c
index 4487fd61cf..ca69f7ea5e 100644
--- a/hw/net/tulip.c
+++ b/hw/net/tulip.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "net/eth.h"
 
-typedef struct TULIPState {
+struct TULIPState {
     PCIDevice dev;
     MemoryRegion io;
     MemoryRegion memory;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef struct TULIPState {
 
     uint32_t rx_status;
     uint8_t filter[16][6];
-} TULIPState;
+};
 
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_pci_tulip = {
     .name = "tulip",
diff --git a/hw/net/tulip.h b/hw/net/tulip.h
index 5271aad8d5..c3fcd4d4e1 100644
--- a/hw/net/tulip.h
+++ b/hw/net/tulip.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "net/net.h"
 
 #define TYPE_TULIP "tulip"
+typedef struct TULIPState TULIPState;
 #define TULIP(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(TULIPState, (obj), TYPE_TULIP)
 
 #define CSR(_x) ((_x) << 3)