diff --git a/doc/acrn.doxyfile b/doc/acrn.doxyfile
index 09ea42714..b40c6c5eb 100644
--- a/doc/acrn.doxyfile
+++ b/doc/acrn.doxyfile
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ INPUT                  =  custom-doxygen/mainpage.md \
                           ../hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vlapic.h \
                           ../hypervisor/include/dm/vioapic.h \
                           ../hypervisor/include/dm/vpic.h \
-                          ../hypervisor/include/arch/x86/io_req.h \
+                          ../hypervisor/include/dm/io_req.h \
                           ../hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/io_emul.h \
                           ../hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/assign.h \
                           ../hypervisor/include/common/hypercall.h \
diff --git a/hypervisor/Makefile b/hypervisor/Makefile
index 9994c8f01..e8cb5ae0e 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Makefile
+++ b/hypervisor/Makefile
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ C_SRCS += common/hypercall.c
 C_SRCS += common/trusty_hypercall.c
 C_SRCS += common/schedule.c
 C_SRCS += common/vm_load.c
-C_SRCS += common/io_req.c
 C_SRCS += common/ptdev.c
 C_SRCS += common/static_checks.c
 
@@ -225,6 +224,7 @@ C_SRCS += hw/pci.c
 C_SRCS += dm/vpic.c
 C_SRCS += dm/vrtc.c
 C_SRCS += dm/vioapic.c
+C_SRCS += dm/io_req.c
 C_SRCS += dm/vpci/vdev.c
 C_SRCS += dm/vpci/vpci.c
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PARTITION_MODE),y)
diff --git a/hypervisor/common/io_req.c b/hypervisor/dm/io_req.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hypervisor/common/io_req.c
rename to hypervisor/dm/io_req.c
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/io_req.h b/hypervisor/include/dm/io_req.h
similarity index 100%
rename from hypervisor/include/arch/x86/io_req.h
rename to hypervisor/include/dm/io_req.h