diff --git a/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs b/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
index 3d4763fc269e..8dc9fcd3a983 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_XLNX_ZYNQMP) += xlnx-zynqmp-rtc.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS4) += exynos4210_rtc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MC146818RTC) += mc146818rtc.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SUN4V_RTC) += sun4v-rtc.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_rtc.o
diff --git a/hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.c b/hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.c
similarity index 99%
rename from hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.c
rename to hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.c
index 531301735334..3ca1183558b7 100644
--- a/hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.c
+++ b/hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
diff --git a/hw/rtc/trace-events b/hw/rtc/trace-events
index 7f1945ad4cc6..d6749f4616a0 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/trace-events
+++ b/hw/rtc/trace-events
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ pl031_read(uint32_t addr, uint32_t value) "addr 0x%08x value 0x%08x"
 pl031_write(uint32_t addr, uint32_t value) "addr 0x%08x value 0x%08x"
 pl031_alarm_raised(void) "alarm raised"
 pl031_set_alarm(uint32_t ticks) "alarm set for %u ticks"
+
+# aspeed-rtc.c
+aspeed_rtc_read(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
+aspeed_rtc_write(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
diff --git a/hw/timer/Makefile.objs b/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
index 33191d74cb98..83091770df3a 100644
--- a/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_MIPS_CPS) += mips_gictimer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ALLWINNER_A10_PIT) += allwinner-a10-pit.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_STM32F2XX_TIMER) += stm32f2xx_timer.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_timer.o aspeed_rtc.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_timer.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_TIMER) += cmsdk-apb-timer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_DUALTIMER) += cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.o
diff --git a/hw/timer/trace-events b/hw/timer/trace-events
index 1459d07237b9..e18b87fc96dd 100644
--- a/hw/timer/trace-events
+++ b/hw/timer/trace-events
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_read(uint64_t offset, uint64_t data, unsigned size) "CMSDK A
 cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_write(uint64_t offset, uint64_t data, unsigned size) "CMSDK APB dualtimer write: offset 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx64 " size %u"
 cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_reset(void) "CMSDK APB dualtimer: reset"
 
-# hw/timer/aspeed-rtc.c
-aspeed_rtc_read(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
-aspeed_rtc_write(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
-
 # nrf51_timer.c
 nrf51_timer_read(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "read addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"
 nrf51_timer_write(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "write addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
index cccb684a19bb..495c08be1b84 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h"
 #include "hw/misc/aspeed_xdma.h"
 #include "hw/timer/aspeed_timer.h"
-#include "hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h"
 #include "hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h"
 #include "hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.h b/include/hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.h
similarity index 84%
rename from include/hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.h
rename to include/hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.h
index 15ba42912b7f..3fde854ad99c 100644
--- a/include/hw/timer/aspeed_rtc.h
+++ b/include/hw/rtc/aspeed_rtc.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright 2019 IBM Corp
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
-#ifndef ASPEED_RTC_H
-#define ASPEED_RTC_H
+#ifndef HW_RTC_ASPEED_RTC_H
+#define HW_RTC_ASPEED_RTC_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ typedef struct AspeedRtcState {
 #define TYPE_ASPEED_RTC "aspeed.rtc"
 #define ASPEED_RTC(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(AspeedRtcState, (obj), TYPE_ASPEED_RTC)
 
-#endif /* ASPEED_RTC_H */
+#endif /* HW_RTC_ASPEED_RTC_H */
