diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/qdev.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/qdev.rs
index 1228dabaaaf..96a4b1515da 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/qdev.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/qdev.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 
+pub use bindings::{DeviceClass, DeviceState, Property};
+
 use crate::{
-    bindings::{self, DeviceClass, DeviceState, Error, ObjectClass, Property, VMStateDescription},
+    bindings::{self, Error},
     prelude::*,
-    qom::ClassInitImpl,
+    qom::{ClassInitImpl, ObjectClass},
+    vmstate::VMStateDescription,
     zeroable::Zeroable,
 };
 
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/qom.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/qom.rs
index 9b316e07efa..6e3923d8ed0 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/qom.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/qom.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 
 use std::{ffi::CStr, os::raw::c_void};
 
-use crate::bindings::{self, Object, ObjectClass, TypeInfo};
+pub use bindings::{Object, ObjectClass};
+
+use crate::bindings::{self, TypeInfo};
 
 unsafe extern "C" fn rust_instance_init<T: ObjectImpl>(obj: *mut Object) {
     // SAFETY: obj is an instance of T, since rust_instance_init<T>
@@ -161,8 +163,8 @@ pub trait ObjectImpl: ObjectType + ClassInitImpl<Self::Class> {
 ///
 /// Each struct will implement this trait with `T` equal to each
 /// superclass.  For example, a device should implement at least
-/// `ClassInitImpl<`[`DeviceClass`](crate::bindings::DeviceClass)`>` and
-/// `ClassInitImpl<`[`ObjectClass`](crate::bindings::ObjectClass)`>`.
+/// `ClassInitImpl<`[`DeviceClass`](crate::qdev::DeviceClass)`>` and
+/// `ClassInitImpl<`[`ObjectClass`]`>`.
 ///
 /// Fortunately, this is almost never necessary.  Instead, the Rust
 /// implementation of methods will usually come from a trait like
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ pub trait ClassInitImpl<T> {
     ///
     /// The virtual method implementations usually come from another
     /// trait, for example [`DeviceImpl`](crate::qdev::DeviceImpl)
-    /// when `T` is [`DeviceClass`](crate::bindings::DeviceClass).
+    /// when `T` is [`DeviceClass`](crate::qdev::DeviceClass).
     ///
     /// On entry, `klass`'s parent class is initialized, while the other fields
     /// are all zero; it is therefore assumed that all fields in `T` can be
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/sysbus.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/sysbus.rs
index fa69cadd7c1..a23562d7273 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/sysbus.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/sysbus.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 pub use bindings::{SysBusDevice, SysBusDeviceClass};
 
 use crate::{
-    bindings::{self, DeviceClass},
+    bindings,
     cell::bql_locked,
     irq::InterruptSource,
     prelude::*,
+    qdev::DeviceClass,
     qom::ClassInitImpl,
 };
 
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
index bedcf1e8f39..25c68b703ea 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 //! [`vmstate_fields`](crate::vmstate_fields) are meant to be used when
 //! declaring a device model state struct.
 
+pub use crate::bindings::VMStateDescription;
+
 #[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_UNUSED_BUFFER")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! vmstate_unused_buffer {
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ macro_rules! vmstate_fields {
 }
 
 /// A transparent wrapper type for the `subsections` field of
-/// [`VMStateDescription`](crate::bindings::VMStateDescription).
+/// [`VMStateDescription`].
 ///
 /// This is necessary to be able to declare subsection descriptions as statics,
 /// because the only way to implement `Sync` for a foreign type (and `*const`
@@ -342,9 +344,8 @@ macro_rules! vmstate_fields {
 
 unsafe impl Sync for VMStateSubsectionsWrapper {}
 
-/// Helper macro to declare a list of subsections
-/// ([`VMStateDescription`](`crate::bindings::VMStateDescription`)) into a
-/// static and return a pointer to the array of pointers it created.
+/// Helper macro to declare a list of subsections ([`VMStateDescription`])
+/// into a static and return a pointer to the array of pointers it created.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! vmstate_subsections {
     ($($subsection:expr),*$(,)*) => {{
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/tests/tests.rs b/rust/qemu-api/tests/tests.rs
index fc57eb81290..68557fb85c7 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/tests/tests.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
     bindings::*,
     c_str, declare_properties, define_property,
     prelude::*,
-    qdev::DeviceImpl,
+    qdev::{DeviceImpl, DeviceState, Property},
     qom::ObjectImpl,
+    vmstate::VMStateDescription,
     zeroable::Zeroable,
 };
 
