diff --git a/gum/backend-mips/gumstalker-mips.c b/gum/backend-mips/gumstalker-mips.c
index 35c2d7b634..7dc064c08d 100644
--- a/gum/backend-mips/gumstalker-mips.c
+++ b/gum/backend-mips/gumstalker-mips.c
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oleavr@nowsecure.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2024 Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oleavr@nowsecure.com>
  *
  * Licence: wxWindows Library Licence, Version 3.1
  */
 
 #include "gumstalker.h"
 
+#include "gumstalker-priv.h"
+
 struct _GumStalker
 {
   GObject parent;
@@ -183,6 +185,15 @@ gum_stalker_remove_call_probe (GumStalker * self,
 {
 }
 
+void
+_gum_stalker_modify_to_run_on_thread (GumStalker * self,
+                                      GumThreadId thread_id,
+                                      GumCpuContext * cpu_context,
+                                      GumStalkerRunOnThreadFunc func,
+                                      gpointer data)
+{
+}
+
 gboolean
 gum_stalker_iterator_next (GumStalkerIterator * self,
                            const cs_insn ** insn)
@@ -209,15 +220,6 @@ gum_stalker_iterator_put_callout (GumStalkerIterator * self,
 {
 }
 
-gboolean
-gum_stalker_run_on_thread (GumStalker * self,
-                           GumThreadId thread_id,
-                           GumStalkerRunOnThreadFunc func,
-                           gpointer user_data)
-{
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 csh
 gum_stalker_iterator_get_capstone (GumStalkerIterator * self)
 {