diff --git a/include/qemu/coroutine.h b/include/qemu/coroutine.h
index 8a5129741c..1e5f0957e6 100644
--- a/include/qemu/coroutine.h
+++ b/include/qemu/coroutine.h
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue);
  * caller of the coroutine.  The mutex is unlocked during the wait and
  * locked again afterwards.
  */
-void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue, CoMutex *mutex);
+#define qemu_co_queue_wait(queue, lock) \
+    qemu_co_queue_wait_impl(queue, QEMU_MAKE_LOCKABLE(lock))
+void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait_impl(CoQueue *queue, QemuLockable *lock);
 
 /**
  * Restarts the next coroutine in the CoQueue and removes it from the queue.
@@ -271,4 +273,6 @@ void coroutine_fn qemu_co_sleep_ns(QEMUClockType type, int64_t ns);
  */
 void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd);
 
+#include "qemu/lockable.h"
+
 #endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */
diff --git a/util/qemu-coroutine-lock.c b/util/qemu-coroutine-lock.c
index 846ff9167f..2a66fc1467 100644
--- a/util/qemu-coroutine-lock.c
+++ b/util/qemu-coroutine-lock.c
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue)
     QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&queue->entries);
 }
 
-void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue, CoMutex *mutex)
+void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait_impl(CoQueue *queue, QemuLockable *lock)
 {
     Coroutine *self = qemu_coroutine_self();
     QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&queue->entries, self, co_queue_next);
 
-    if (mutex) {
-        qemu_co_mutex_unlock(mutex);
+    if (lock) {
+        qemu_lockable_unlock(lock);
     }
 
     /* There is no race condition here.  Other threads will call
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue, CoMutex *mutex)
     /* TODO: OSv implements wait morphing here, where the wakeup
      * primitive automatically places the woken coroutine on the
      * mutex's queue.  This avoids the thundering herd effect.
+     * This could be implemented for CoMutexes, but not really for
+     * other cases of QemuLockable.
      */
-    if (mutex) {
-        qemu_co_mutex_lock(mutex);
+    if (lock) {
+        qemu_lockable_lock(lock);
     }
 }