diff --git a/target/mips/meson.build b/target/mips/meson.build
index 15c2f835c68b03b49b4ea1ee786047f16bdd647e..ca3cc62cf7a53cc1f451a7c691fb99958eceb42e 100644
--- a/target/mips/meson.build
+++ b/target/mips/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ gen = [
   decodetree.process('tx79.decode', extra_args: '--static-decode=decode_tx79'),
 ]
 
+mips_user_ss = ss.source_set()
 mips_ss = ss.source_set()
 mips_ss.add(files(
   'cpu.c',
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ mips_tcg_ss.add(when: 'TARGET_MIPS64', if_true: files(
 ), if_false: files(
   'mxu_translate.c',
 ))
+if 'CONFIG_TCG' in config_all
+  subdir('tcg')
+endif
 
 mips_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files('kvm.c'))
 
@@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ mips_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: [mips_tcg_ss])
 
 target_arch += {'mips': mips_ss}
 target_softmmu_arch += {'mips': mips_softmmu_ss}
+target_user_arch += {'mips': mips_user_ss}
diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/meson.build b/target/mips/tcg/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b74fa04303e21a1435301f1821f3cbe8d8550f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if have_user
+  subdir('user')
+endif
diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/user/meson.build b/target/mips/tcg/user/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..79badcd32171170fdd7bd49039d83ea7cda3ec9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/user/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mips_user_ss.add(files(
+  'tlb_helper.c',
+))
diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/user/tlb_helper.c b/target/mips/tcg/user/tlb_helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..453b9e9b930dbd23bb66cc6dcae51d7341083b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/user/tlb_helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * MIPS TLB (Translation lookaside buffer) helpers.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Jocelyn Mayer
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "exec/exec-all.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+
+void mips_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
+{
+    cs->exception_index = EXCP_NONE;
+}
diff --git a/target/mips/tlb_helper.c b/target/mips/tlb_helper.c
index 1ffdc1f8304c0c025ac858c42185141cee7bd2aa..78720c4d20a25af6e70a869d216ca2436ba6f5e5 100644
--- a/target/mips/tlb_helper.c
+++ b/target/mips/tlb_helper.c
@@ -965,11 +965,8 @@ static inline void set_badinstr_registers(CPUMIPSState *env)
     }
 }
 
-#endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
-
 void mips_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
 {
-#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
     MIPSCPU *cpu = MIPS_CPU(cs);
     CPUMIPSState *env = &cpu->env;
     bool update_badinstr = 0;
@@ -1272,11 +1269,9 @@ void mips_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
                  env->CP0_Status, env->CP0_Cause, env->CP0_BadVAddr,
                  env->CP0_DEPC);
     }
-#endif
     cs->exception_index = EXCP_NONE;
 }
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
 void r4k_invalidate_tlb(CPUMIPSState *env, int idx, int use_extra)
 {
     CPUState *cs = env_cpu(env);