diff --git a/block/src/async_io.rs b/block/src/io/async_io.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from block/src/async_io.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io.rs
index 64e7a742d..ffd0621f5 100644
--- a/block/src/async_io.rs
+++ b/block/src/io/async_io.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct BorrowedDiskFd<'fd> {
 }
 
 impl BorrowedDiskFd<'_> {
-    pub(super) fn new(raw_fd: RawFd) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(raw_fd: RawFd) -> Self {
         Self {
             raw_fd,
             _lifetime: PhantomData,
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/aio_data_io.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/aio_data_io.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/aio_data_io.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/aio_data_io.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/common.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/common.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/common.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/common.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/completion.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/completion.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/completion.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/completion.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/operation.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/operation.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/operation.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/operation.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/owned_io_buffer.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/owned_io_buffer.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/owned_io_buffer.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/owned_io_buffer.rs
diff --git a/block/src/async_io/uring_data_io.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/uring_data_io.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/async_io/uring_data_io.rs
rename to block/src/io/async_io/uring_data_io.rs
diff --git a/block/src/fcntl.rs b/block/src/io/fcntl.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/fcntl.rs
rename to block/src/io/fcntl.rs
diff --git a/block/src/io/mod.rs b/block/src/io/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4406ecc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Cloud Hypervisor Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Shared I/O infrastructure for all disk format backends.
+//!
+//! Contains the async I/O trait, request handling, and file locking
+//! helpers.
+
+pub mod async_io;
+pub mod fcntl;
+pub mod request;
diff --git a/block/src/request.rs b/block/src/io/request.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from block/src/request.rs
rename to block/src/io/request.rs
diff --git a/block/src/lib.rs b/block/src/lib.rs
index 972e3e559..0c2170511 100644
--- a/block/src/lib.rs
+++ b/block/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause
 
-pub mod async_io;
 pub mod disk_file;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod factory;
-pub mod fcntl;
+#[path = "io/mod.rs"]
+mod io_impl;
+pub use io_impl::{async_io, fcntl, request};
 pub mod fixed_vhd;
 #[cfg(feature = "io_uring")]
 /// Enabled with the `"io_uring"` feature
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ pub(crate) mod raw_async_aio;
 mod raw_async_io_tests;
 pub mod raw_disk;
 pub(crate) mod raw_sync;
-mod request;
 mod sparse;
 pub use sparse::{BLKDISCARD, BLKZEROOUT};
 pub mod vhd;