diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index acf9bfbece..fd32b10f75 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static void virt_build_smbios(VirtMachineState *vms)
 
     smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", product,
                         vmc->smbios_old_sys_ver ? "1.0" : mc->name, false,
-                        true, SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_30);
+                        true, SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_3_0);
 
     smbios_get_tables(MACHINE(vms), NULL, 0, &smbios_tables, &smbios_tables_len,
                       &smbios_anchor, &smbios_anchor_len);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 32b1453e6a..1c5bc6ae6e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
         smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)",
                             mc->name, pcmc->smbios_legacy_mode,
                             pcmc->smbios_uuid_encoded,
-                            SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21);
+                            SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_2_1);
     }
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 0cb9c18cd4..cc202407c7 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
         smbios_set_defaults("QEMU", "Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)",
                             mc->name, pcmc->smbios_legacy_mode,
                             pcmc->smbios_uuid_encoded,
-                            SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21);
+                            SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_2_1);
     }
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index 3c87be6c91..c99c9b01ae 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ uint8_t *smbios_tables;
 size_t smbios_tables_len;
 unsigned smbios_table_max;
 unsigned smbios_table_cnt;
-static SmbiosEntryPointType smbios_ep_type = SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21;
+static SmbiosEntryPointType smbios_ep_type = SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_2_1;
 
 static SmbiosEntryPoint ep;
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void smbios_validate_table(MachineState *ms)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (smbios_ep_type == SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21 &&
+    if (smbios_ep_type == SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_2_1 &&
         smbios_tables_len > SMBIOS_21_MAX_TABLES_LEN) {
         error_report("SMBIOS 2.1 table length %zu exceeds %d",
                      smbios_tables_len, SMBIOS_21_MAX_TABLES_LEN);
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ void smbios_set_defaults(const char *manufacturer, const char *product,
 static void smbios_entry_point_setup(void)
 {
     switch (smbios_ep_type) {
-    case SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21:
+    case SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_2_1:
         memcpy(ep.ep21.anchor_string, "_SM_", 4);
         memcpy(ep.ep21.intermediate_anchor_string, "_DMI_", 5);
         ep.ep21.length = sizeof(struct smbios_21_entry_point);
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static void smbios_entry_point_setup(void)
         ep.ep21.structure_table_address = cpu_to_le32(0);
 
         break;
-    case SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_30:
+    case SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_3_0:
         memcpy(ep.ep30.anchor_string, "_SM3_", 5);
         ep.ep30.length = sizeof(struct smbios_30_entry_point);
         ep.ep30.entry_point_revision = 1;
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ void smbios_get_tables(MachineState *ms,
     *tables = smbios_tables;
     *tables_len = smbios_tables_len;
     *anchor = (uint8_t *)&ep;
+    g_printerr("Total len %zu\n", smbios_tables_len);
 
     /* calculate length based on anchor string */
     if (!strncmp((char *)&ep, "_SM_", 4)) {
diff --git a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
index 02a0ced0a0..cb1299ad7a 100644
--- a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
+++ b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_SMBIOS_H
 #define QEMU_SMBIOS_H
 
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
+
 /*
  * SMBIOS Support
  *
@@ -23,13 +25,6 @@ struct smbios_phys_mem_area {
     uint64_t length;
 };
 
-/*
- * SMBIOS spec defined tables
- */
-typedef enum SmbiosEntryPointType {
-    SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_21,
-    SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_30,
-} SmbiosEntryPointType;
 
 /* SMBIOS Entry Point
  * There are two types of entry points defined in the SMBIOS specification
diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index abc6fd0477..a58cf2694f 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -937,3 +937,15 @@
   'data': 'NumaOptions',
   'allow-preconfig': true
 }
+
+##
+# @SmbiosEntryPointType:
+#
+# @2_1: SMBIOS version 2.1
+#
+# @3_0: SMBIOS version 3.0
+#
+# Since: 5.2
+##
+{ 'enum': 'SmbiosEntryPointType',
+  'data': [ '2_1', '3_0' ] }
