diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 564292f..3559829 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -383,6 +383,26 @@
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocate TBs right before their corresponding translated code, making
+ * sure that TBs and code are on different cache lines.
+ */
+TranslationBlock *tcg_tb_alloc(TCGContext *s)
+{
+    uintptr_t align = qemu_icache_linesize;
+    TranslationBlock *tb;
+    void *next;
+
+    tb = (void *)ROUND_UP((uintptr_t)s->code_gen_ptr, align);
+    next = (void *)ROUND_UP((uintptr_t)(tb + 1), align);
+
+    if (unlikely(next > s->code_gen_highwater)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    s->code_gen_ptr = next;
+    return tb;
+}
+
 void tcg_prologue_init(TCGContext *s)
 {
     size_t prologue_size, total_size;