diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index 109b774..07b2165 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     long kernel_size, initrd_size, fw_size;
     long pteg_shift = 17;
     char *filename;
-    int irq = 16;
 
     spapr = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*spapr));
     cpu_ppc_hypercall = emulate_spapr_hypercall;
@@ -360,15 +359,14 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     /* Set up VIO bus */
     spapr->vio_bus = spapr_vio_bus_init();
 
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_SERIAL_PORTS; i++, irq++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < MAX_SERIAL_PORTS; i++) {
         if (serial_hds[i]) {
             spapr_vty_create(spapr->vio_bus, SPAPR_VTY_BASE_ADDRESS + i,
-                             serial_hds[i], xics_find_qirq(spapr->icp, irq),
-                             irq);
+                             serial_hds[i]);
         }
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++, irq++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
         NICInfo *nd = &nd_table[i];
 
         if (!nd->model) {
@@ -376,8 +374,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
         }
 
         if (strcmp(nd->model, "ibmveth") == 0) {
-            spapr_vlan_create(spapr->vio_bus, 0x1000 + i, nd,
-                              xics_find_qirq(spapr->icp, irq), irq);
+            spapr_vlan_create(spapr->vio_bus, 0x1000 + i, nd);
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "pSeries (sPAPR) platform does not support "
                     "NIC model '%s' (only ibmveth is supported)\n",
@@ -387,9 +384,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i <= drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI); i++) {
-        spapr_vscsi_create(spapr->vio_bus, 0x2000 + i,
-                           xics_find_qirq(spapr->icp, irq), irq);
-        irq++;
+        spapr_vscsi_create(spapr->vio_bus, 0x2000 + i);
     }
 
     if (kernel_filename) {
diff --git a/hw/spapr.h b/hw/spapr.h
index b52133a..4130c13 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.h
+++ b/hw/spapr.h
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@ void spapr_register_hypercall(target_ulong opcode, spapr_hcall_fn fn);
 target_ulong spapr_hypercall(CPUState *env, target_ulong opcode,
                              target_ulong *args);
 
+static inline qemu_irq *spapr_find_qirq(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                                        int irq_num)
+{
+    return xics_find_qirq(spapr->icp, irq_num);
+}
+
 static inline uint32_t rtas_ld(target_ulong phys, int n)
 {
     return ldl_phys(phys + 4*n);
diff --git a/hw/spapr_llan.c b/hw/spapr_llan.c
index c18efc7..2597748 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_llan.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_llan.c
@@ -195,11 +195,9 @@ static int spapr_vlan_init(VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void spapr_vlan_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, NICInfo *nd,
-                       qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num)
+void spapr_vlan_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, NICInfo *nd)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
-    VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev;
 
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->bus, "spapr-vlan");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "reg", reg);
@@ -207,9 +205,6 @@ void spapr_vlan_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, NICInfo *nd,
     qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
 
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-    sdev = (VIOsPAPRDevice *)dev;
-    sdev->qirq = qirq;
-    sdev->vio_irq_num = vio_irq_num;
 }
 
 static int spapr_vlan_devnode(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev, void *fdt, int node_off)
diff --git a/hw/spapr_vio.c b/hw/spapr_vio.c
index 481a804..8b31bc6 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_vio.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_vio.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/spapr_vio.h"
+#include "hw/xics.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FDT
 #include <libfdt.h>
@@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ static int spapr_vio_busdev_init(DeviceState *qdev, DeviceInfo *qinfo)
 {
     VIOsPAPRDeviceInfo *info = (VIOsPAPRDeviceInfo *)qinfo;
     VIOsPAPRDevice *dev = (VIOsPAPRDevice *)qdev;
+    VIOsPAPRBus *bus = DO_UPCAST(VIOsPAPRBus, bus, dev->qdev.parent_bus);
     char *id;
 
     if (asprintf(&id, "%s@%x", info->dt_name, dev->reg) < 0) {
@@ -602,6 +604,8 @@ static int spapr_vio_busdev_init(DeviceState *qdev, DeviceInfo *qinfo)
     }
 
     dev->qdev.id = id;
+    dev->vio_irq_num = bus->irq++;
+    dev->qirq = spapr_find_qirq(spapr, dev->vio_irq_num);
 
     rtce_init(dev);
 
@@ -656,6 +660,7 @@ VIOsPAPRBus *spapr_vio_bus_init(void)
 
     qbus = qbus_create(&spapr_vio_bus_info, dev, "spapr-vio");
     bus = DO_UPCAST(VIOsPAPRBus, bus, qbus);
+    bus->irq = 16;
 
     /* hcall-vio */
     spapr_register_hypercall(H_VIO_SIGNAL, h_vio_signal);
diff --git a/hw/spapr_vio.h b/hw/spapr_vio.h
index 603a8c4..faa5d94 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_vio.h
+++ b/hw/spapr_vio.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ typedef struct VIOsPAPRDevice {
 
 typedef struct VIOsPAPRBus {
     BusState bus;
+    int irq;
 } VIOsPAPRBus;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -98,15 +99,9 @@ uint64_t ldq_tce(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev, uint64_t taddr);
 int spapr_vio_send_crq(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev, uint8_t *crq);
 
 void vty_putchars(VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev, uint8_t *buf, int len);
-void spapr_vty_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus,
-                      uint32_t reg, CharDriverState *chardev,
-                      qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num);
-
-void spapr_vlan_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, NICInfo *nd,
-                       qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num);
-
-void spapr_vscsi_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg,
-                        qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num);
+void spapr_vty_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, CharDriverState *chardev);
+void spapr_vlan_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, NICInfo *nd);
+void spapr_vscsi_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg);
 
 int spapr_tce_set_bypass(uint32_t unit, uint32_t enable);
 void spapr_vio_quiesce(void);
diff --git a/hw/spapr_vscsi.c b/hw/spapr_vscsi.c
index 9928334..dc258a1 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_vscsi.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_vscsi.c
@@ -931,20 +931,14 @@ static int spapr_vscsi_init(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void spapr_vscsi_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg,
-                        qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num)
+void spapr_vscsi_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
-    VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev;
 
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->bus, "spapr-vscsi");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "reg", reg);
 
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-
-    sdev = (VIOsPAPRDevice *)dev;
-    sdev->qirq = qirq;
-    sdev->vio_irq_num = vio_irq_num;
 }
 
 static int spapr_vscsi_devnode(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev, void *fdt, int node_off)
diff --git a/hw/spapr_vty.c b/hw/spapr_vty.c
index 6fc0105..fa97cf7 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_vty.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_vty.c
@@ -115,20 +115,14 @@ static target_ulong h_get_term_char(CPUState *env, sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
     return H_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-void spapr_vty_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus,
-                      uint32_t reg, CharDriverState *chardev,
-                      qemu_irq qirq, uint32_t vio_irq_num)
+void spapr_vty_create(VIOsPAPRBus *bus, uint32_t reg, CharDriverState *chardev)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
-    VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev;
 
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->bus, "spapr-vty");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "reg", reg);
     qdev_prop_set_chr(dev, "chardev", chardev);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-    sdev = (VIOsPAPRDevice *)dev;
-    sdev->qirq = qirq;
-    sdev->vio_irq_num = vio_irq_num;
 }
 
 static void vty_hcalls(VIOsPAPRBus *bus)
