diff --git a/hw/i386/amd_iommu.h b/hw/i386/amd_iommu.h
index 0d3dc6a9f2..a5a1c32c8b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/amd_iommu.h
+++ b/hw/i386/amd_iommu.h
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ typedef struct AMDVIState {
     uint8_t romask[AMDVI_MMIO_SIZE];   /* MMIO read/only mask          */
     bool mmio_enabled;
 
-    /* IOMMU function */
-    MemoryRegionIOMMUOps iommu_ops;
-
     /* for each served device */
     AMDVIAddressSpace **address_spaces[PCI_BUS_MAX];
 
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 8aefea3abc..64f6735aaa 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 
 #define RAM_ADDR_INVALID (~(ram_addr_t)0)
 
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@
 #define TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "qemu:iommu-memory-region"
 #define IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION(obj) \
         OBJECT_CHECK(IOMMUMemoryRegion, (obj), TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION)
+#define IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass) \
+        OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(IOMMUMemoryRegionClass, (klass), \
+                         TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION)
+#define IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+        OBJECT_GET_CLASS(IOMMUMemoryRegionClass, (obj), \
+                         TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION)
 
 typedef struct MemoryRegionOps MemoryRegionOps;
 typedef struct MemoryRegionMmio MemoryRegionMmio;
@@ -184,9 +191,10 @@ struct MemoryRegionOps {
     const MemoryRegionMmio old_mmio;
 };
 
-typedef struct MemoryRegionIOMMUOps MemoryRegionIOMMUOps;
+typedef struct IOMMUMemoryRegionClass {
+    /* private */
+    struct DeviceClass parent_class;
 
-struct MemoryRegionIOMMUOps {
     /*
      * Return a TLB entry that contains a given address. Flag should
      * be the access permission of this translation operation. We can
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ struct MemoryRegionIOMMUOps {
                                 IOMMUNotifierFlag new_flags);
     /* Set this up to provide customized IOMMU replay function */
     void (*replay)(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu, IOMMUNotifier *notifier);
-};
+} IOMMUMemoryRegionClass;
 
 typedef struct CoalescedMemoryRange CoalescedMemoryRange;
 typedef struct MemoryRegionIoeventfd MemoryRegionIoeventfd;
@@ -252,7 +260,6 @@ struct MemoryRegion {
 struct IOMMUMemoryRegion {
     MemoryRegion parent_obj;
 
-    const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps *iommu_ops;
     QLIST_HEAD(, IOMMUNotifier) iommu_notify;
     IOMMUNotifierFlag iommu_notify_flags;
 };
@@ -593,21 +600,24 @@ static inline void memory_region_init_reservation(MemoryRegion *mr,
 }
 
 /**
- * memory_region_init_iommu: Initialize a memory region that translates
- * addresses
+ * memory_region_init_iommu: Initialize a memory region of a custom type
+ * that translates addresses
  *
  * An IOMMU region translates addresses and forwards accesses to a target
  * memory region.
  *
- * @iommu_mr: the #IOMMUMemoryRegion to be initialized
+ * @typename: QOM class name
+ * @_iommu_mr: the #IOMMUMemoryRegion to be initialized
+ * @instance_size: the IOMMUMemoryRegion subclass instance size
  * @owner: the object that tracks the region's reference count
  * @ops: a function that translates addresses into the @target region
  * @name: used for debugging; not visible to the user or ABI
  * @size: size of the region.
  */
-void memory_region_init_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr,
-                              struct Object *owner,
-                              const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps *ops,
+void memory_region_init_iommu(void *_iommu_mr,
+                              size_t instance_size,
+                              const char *mrtypename,
+                              Object *owner,
                               const char *name,
                               uint64_t size);
 
@@ -678,6 +688,21 @@ static inline IOMMUMemoryRegion *memory_region_get_iommu(MemoryRegion *mr)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * memory_region_get_iommu_class_nocheck: returns iommu memory region class
+ *   if an iommu or NULL if not
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to IOMMUMemoryRegioniClass if a memory region is an iommu,
+ * otherwise NULL. This is fast path avoinding QOM checking, use with caution.
+ *
+ * @mr: the memory region being queried
+ */
+static inline IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *memory_region_get_iommu_class_nocheck(
+        IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr)
+{
+    return (IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *) (((Object *)iommu_mr)->class);
+}
+
 #define memory_region_is_iommu(mr) (memory_region_get_iommu(mr) != NULL)
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h b/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
index 45fba4ff97..e5b5a8ff27 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ struct IntelIOMMUState {
     uint32_t context_cache_gen;     /* Should be in [1,MAX] */
     GHashTable *iotlb;              /* IOTLB */
 
-    MemoryRegionIOMMUOps iommu_ops;
     GHashTable *vtd_as_by_busptr;   /* VTDBus objects indexed by PCIBus* reference */
     VTDBus *vtd_as_by_bus_num[VTD_PCI_BUS_MAX]; /* VTDBus objects indexed by bus number */
     /* list of registered notifiers */
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 6bd338156b..13b2d88330 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -579,6 +579,10 @@ typedef struct sPAPRTCETable sPAPRTCETable;
 #define SPAPR_TCE_TABLE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(sPAPRTCETable, (obj), TYPE_SPAPR_TCE_TABLE)
 
+#define TYPE_SPAPR_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "qemu:spapr-iommu-memory-region"
+#define SPAPR_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(IOMMUMemoryRegion, (obj), TYPE_SPAPR_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION)
+
 struct sPAPRTCETable {
     DeviceState parent;
     uint32_t liobn;
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 182cc9b9b9..acba7fc303 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static MemoryRegionSection address_space_do_translate(AddressSpace *as,
     IOMMUTLBEntry iotlb;
     MemoryRegionSection *section;
     IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr;
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc;
 
     for (;;) {
         AddressSpaceDispatch *d = atomic_rcu_read(&as->dispatch);
@@ -485,9 +486,10 @@ static MemoryRegionSection address_space_do_translate(AddressSpace *as,
         if (!iommu_mr) {
             break;
         }
+        imrc = memory_region_get_iommu_class_nocheck(iommu_mr);
 
-        iotlb = iommu_mr->iommu_ops->translate(iommu_mr, addr, is_write ?
-                                               IOMMU_WO : IOMMU_RO);
+        iotlb = imrc->translate(iommu_mr, addr, is_write ?
+                                IOMMU_WO : IOMMU_RO);
         addr = ((iotlb.translated_addr & ~iotlb.addr_mask)
                 | (addr & iotlb.addr_mask));
         *plen = MIN(*plen, (addr | iotlb.addr_mask) - addr + 1);
diff --git a/hw/alpha/typhoon.c b/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
index dd47b4569f..491433e12f 100644
--- a/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
+++ b/hw/alpha/typhoon.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 #define TYPE_TYPHOON_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE "typhoon-pcihost"
+#define TYPE_TYPHOON_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "typhoon:iommu_memory_region"
 
 typedef struct TyphoonCchip {
     MemoryRegion region;
@@ -725,10 +726,6 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry typhoon_translate_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps typhoon_iommu_ops = {
-    .translate = typhoon_translate_iommu,
-};
-
 static AddressSpace *typhoon_pci_dma_iommu(PCIBus *bus, void *opaque, int devfn)
 {
     TyphoonState *s = opaque;
@@ -892,7 +889,8 @@ PCIBus *typhoon_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, ISABus **isa_bus,
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
     /* Host memory as seen from the PCI side, via the IOMMU.  */
-    memory_region_init_iommu(&s->pchip.iommu, OBJECT(s), &typhoon_iommu_ops,
+    memory_region_init_iommu(&s->pchip.iommu, sizeof(s->pchip.iommu),
+                             TYPE_TYPHOON_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION, OBJECT(s),
                              "iommu-typhoon", UINT64_MAX);
     address_space_init(&s->pchip.iommu_as, MEMORY_REGION(&s->pchip.iommu),
                        "pchip0-pci");
@@ -953,9 +951,24 @@ static const TypeInfo typhoon_pcihost_info = {
     .class_init    = typhoon_pcihost_class_init,
 };
 
+static void typhoon_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
+                                                   void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = typhoon_translate_iommu;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo typhoon_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_TYPHOON_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = typhoon_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void typhoon_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&typhoon_pcihost_info);
+    type_register_static(&typhoon_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(typhoon_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/dma/rc4030.c b/hw/dma/rc4030.c
index 32c06760ef..6a49e4ef4a 100644
--- a/hw/dma/rc4030.c
+++ b/hw/dma/rc4030.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ typedef struct dma_pagetable_entry {
 #define RC4030(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(rc4030State, (obj), TYPE_RC4030)
 
+#define TYPE_RC4030_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "rc4030:iommu_memory_region"
+
 typedef struct rc4030State
 {
     SysBusDevice parent;
@@ -516,10 +518,6 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry rc4030_dma_translate(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu, hwaddr addr,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps rc4030_dma_ops = {
-    .translate = rc4030_dma_translate,
-};
-
 static void rc4030_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     rc4030State *s = RC4030(dev);
@@ -677,8 +675,9 @@ static void rc4030_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem_jazzio, NULL, &jazzio_ops, s,
                           "rc4030.jazzio", 0x00001000);
 
-    memory_region_init_iommu(&s->dma_mr, o, &rc4030_dma_ops,
-                             "rc4030.dma", UINT32_MAX);
+    memory_region_init_iommu(&s->dma_mr, sizeof(s->dma_mr),
+                             TYPE_RC4030_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+                             o, "rc4030.dma", UINT32_MAX);
     address_space_init(&s->dma_as, MEMORY_REGION(&s->dma_mr), "rc4030-dma");
 }
 
@@ -710,9 +709,24 @@ static const TypeInfo rc4030_info = {
     .class_init = rc4030_class_init,
 };
 
+static void rc4030_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
+                                                  void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = rc4030_dma_translate;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo rc4030_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_RC4030_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = rc4030_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void rc4030_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&rc4030_info);
+    type_register_static(&rc4030_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(rc4030_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/i386/amd_iommu.c b/hw/i386/amd_iommu.c
index 69e68a3e1b..af19e8ea41 100644
--- a/hw/i386/amd_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/i386/amd_iommu.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
+#define TYPE_AMD_VI_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "amd_vi:iommu_memory_region"
+
 /* used AMD-Vi MMIO registers */
 const char *amdvi_mmio_low[] = {
     "AMDVI_MMIO_DEVTAB_BASE",
@@ -1044,8 +1046,11 @@ static AddressSpace *amdvi_host_dma_iommu(PCIBus *bus, void *opaque, int devfn)
         iommu_as[devfn]->devfn = (uint8_t)devfn;
         iommu_as[devfn]->iommu_state = s;
 
-        memory_region_init_iommu(&iommu_as[devfn]->iommu, OBJECT(s),
-                                 &s->iommu_ops, "amd-iommu", UINT64_MAX);
+        memory_region_init_iommu(&iommu_as[devfn]->iommu,
+                                 sizeof(iommu_as[devfn]->iommu),
+                                 TYPE_AMD_VI_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+                                 OBJECT(s),
+                                 "amd-iommu", UINT64_MAX);
         address_space_init(&iommu_as[devfn]->as,
                            MEMORY_REGION(&iommu_as[devfn]->iommu),
                            "amd-iommu");
@@ -1086,8 +1091,6 @@ static void amdvi_init(AMDVIState *s)
 {
     amdvi_iotlb_reset(s);
 
-    s->iommu_ops.translate = amdvi_translate;
-    s->iommu_ops.notify_flag_changed = amdvi_iommu_notify_flag_changed;
     s->devtab_len = 0;
     s->cmdbuf_len = 0;
     s->cmdbuf_head = 0;
@@ -1218,10 +1221,25 @@ static const TypeInfo amdviPCI = {
     .instance_size = sizeof(AMDVIPCIState),
 };
 
+static void amdvi_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = amdvi_translate;
+    imrc->notify_flag_changed = amdvi_iommu_notify_flag_changed;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo amdvi_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_AMD_VI_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = amdvi_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void amdviPCI_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&amdviPCI);
     type_register_static(&amdvi);
+    type_register_static(&amdvi_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(amdviPCI_register_types);
diff --git a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
index b38d701b32..8aafd6ba5b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
+#define TYPE_INTEL_VTD_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "intel_vtd:iommu_memory_region"
+
 /*#define DEBUG_INTEL_IOMMU*/
 #ifdef DEBUG_INTEL_IOMMU
 enum {
@@ -2814,8 +2816,9 @@ VTDAddressSpace *vtd_find_add_as(IntelIOMMUState *s, PCIBus *bus, int devfn)
          * vtd_sys_alias and intel_iommu regions. IR region is always
          * enabled.
          */
-        memory_region_init_iommu(&vtd_dev_as->iommu, OBJECT(s),
-                                 &s->iommu_ops, "intel_iommu_dmar",
+        memory_region_init_iommu(&vtd_dev_as->iommu, sizeof(vtd_dev_as->iommu),
+                                 TYPE_INTEL_VTD_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION, OBJECT(s),
+                                 "intel_iommu_dmar",
                                  UINT64_MAX);
         memory_region_init_alias(&vtd_dev_as->sys_alias, OBJECT(s),
                                  "vtd_sys_alias", get_system_memory(),
@@ -2953,9 +2956,6 @@ static void vtd_init(IntelIOMMUState *s)
     memset(s->w1cmask, 0, DMAR_REG_SIZE);
     memset(s->womask, 0, DMAR_REG_SIZE);
 
-    s->iommu_ops.translate = vtd_iommu_translate;
-    s->iommu_ops.notify_flag_changed = vtd_iommu_notify_flag_changed;
-    s->iommu_ops.replay = vtd_iommu_replay;
     s->root = 0;
     s->root_extended = false;
     s->dmar_enabled = false;
@@ -3172,10 +3172,27 @@ static const TypeInfo vtd_info = {
     .class_init    = vtd_class_init,
 };
 
+static void intel_vtd_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
+                                                     void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = vtd_iommu_translate;
+    imrc->notify_flag_changed = vtd_iommu_notify_flag_changed;
+    imrc->replay = vtd_iommu_replay;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo intel_vtd_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_INTEL_VTD_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = intel_vtd_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void vtd_register_types(void)
 {
     VTD_DPRINTF(GENERAL, "");
     type_register_static(&vtd_info);
+    type_register_static(&intel_vtd_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(vtd_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/apb.c b/hw/pci-host/apb.c
index 76a56ae29b..f1a854159a 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/apb.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/apb.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ typedef struct IOMMUState {
 #define APB_DEVICE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(APBState, (obj), TYPE_APB)
 
+#define TYPE_PBM_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "pbm:iommu_memory_region"
+
 typedef struct APBState {
     PCIHostState parent_obj;
 
@@ -322,10 +324,6 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry pbm_translate_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu, hwaddr addr,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static MemoryRegionIOMMUOps pbm_iommu_ops = {
-    .translate = pbm_translate_iommu,
-};
-
 static void iommu_config_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
                                uint64_t val, unsigned size)
 {
@@ -697,7 +695,8 @@ PCIBus *pci_apb_init(hwaddr special_base,
     is = &d->iommu;
     memset(is, 0, sizeof(IOMMUState));
 
-    memory_region_init_iommu(&is->iommu, OBJECT(dev), &pbm_iommu_ops,
+    memory_region_init_iommu(&is->iommu, sizeof(is->iommu),
+                             TYPE_PBM_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION, OBJECT(dev),
                              "iommu-apb", UINT64_MAX);
     address_space_init(&is->iommu_as, MEMORY_REGION(&is->iommu), "pbm-as");
     pci_setup_iommu(phb->bus, pbm_pci_dma_iommu, is);
@@ -860,11 +859,25 @@ static const TypeInfo pbm_pci_bridge_info = {
     .class_init    = pbm_pci_bridge_class_init,
 };
 
+static void pbm_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = pbm_translate_iommu;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo pbm_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_PBM_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = pbm_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void pbm_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&pbm_host_info);
     type_register_static(&pbm_pci_host_info);
     type_register_static(&pbm_pci_bridge_info);
+    type_register_static(&pbm_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(pbm_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
index 05910a608b..c1cb14b84a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
@@ -248,12 +248,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_spapr_tce_table = {
     }
 };
 
-static MemoryRegionIOMMUOps spapr_iommu_ops = {
-    .translate = spapr_tce_translate_iommu,
-    .get_min_page_size = spapr_tce_get_min_page_size,
-    .notify_flag_changed = spapr_tce_notify_flag_changed,
-};
-
 static int spapr_tce_table_realize(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     sPAPRTCETable *tcet = SPAPR_TCE_TABLE(dev);
@@ -266,7 +260,9 @@ static int spapr_tce_table_realize(DeviceState *dev)
     memory_region_init(&tcet->root, tcetobj, tmp, UINT64_MAX);
 
     snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "tce-iommu-%x", tcet->liobn);
-    memory_region_init_iommu(&tcet->iommu, tcetobj, &spapr_iommu_ops, tmp, 0);
+    memory_region_init_iommu(&tcet->iommu, sizeof(tcet->iommu),
+                             TYPE_SPAPR_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+                             tcetobj, tmp, 0);
 
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&spapr_tce_tables, tcet, list);
 
@@ -639,9 +635,25 @@ static TypeInfo spapr_tce_table_info = {
     .class_init = spapr_tce_table_class_init,
 };
 
+static void spapr_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = spapr_tce_translate_iommu;
+    imrc->get_min_page_size = spapr_tce_get_min_page_size;
+    imrc->notify_flag_changed = spapr_tce_notify_flag_changed;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo spapr_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_SPAPR_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = spapr_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&spapr_tce_table_info);
+    type_register_static(&spapr_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
index e4fc82cbe1..6720492d63 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define DEBUG_S390PCI_BUS  0
 #endif
 
+#define TYPE_S390_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION "s390:iommu_memory_region"
+
 #define DPRINTF(fmt, ...)                                         \
     do {                                                          \
         if (DEBUG_S390PCI_BUS) {                                  \
@@ -407,10 +409,6 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry s390_translate_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps s390_iommu_ops = {
-    .translate = s390_translate_iommu,
-};
-
 static S390PCIIOMMU *s390_pci_get_iommu(S390pciState *s, PCIBus *bus,
                                         int devfn)
 {
@@ -522,8 +520,9 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps s390_msi_ctrl_ops = {
 void s390_pci_iommu_enable(S390PCIIOMMU *iommu)
 {
     char *name = g_strdup_printf("iommu-s390-%04x", iommu->pbdev->uid);
-    memory_region_init_iommu(&iommu->iommu_mr, OBJECT(&iommu->mr),
-                             &s390_iommu_ops, name, iommu->pal + 1);
+    memory_region_init_iommu(&iommu->iommu_mr, sizeof(iommu->iommu_mr),
+                             TYPE_S390_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION, OBJECT(&iommu->mr),
+                             name, iommu->pal + 1);
     iommu->enabled = true;
     memory_region_add_subregion(&iommu->mr, 0, MEMORY_REGION(&iommu->iommu_mr));
     g_free(name);
@@ -1058,12 +1057,26 @@ static TypeInfo s390_pci_iommu_info = {
     .instance_size = sizeof(S390PCIIOMMU),
 };
 
+static void s390_iommu_memory_region_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_CLASS(klass);
+
+    imrc->translate = s390_translate_iommu;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo s390_iommu_memory_region_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .name = TYPE_S390_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_init = s390_iommu_memory_region_class_init,
+};
+
 static void s390_pci_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&s390_pcihost_info);
     type_register_static(&s390_pcibus_info);
     type_register_static(&s390_pci_device_info);
     type_register_static(&s390_pci_iommu_info);
+    type_register_static(&s390_iommu_memory_region_info);
 }
 
 type_init(s390_pci_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-inst.c b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-inst.c
index a53c29c487..b7beb8c36a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-pci-inst.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-pci-inst.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ int rpcit_service_call(S390CPU *cpu, uint8_t r1, uint8_t r2)
     hwaddr start, end;
     IOMMUTLBEntry entry;
     IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr;
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc;
 
     cpu_synchronize_state(CPU(cpu));
 
@@ -623,8 +624,10 @@ int rpcit_service_call(S390CPU *cpu, uint8_t r1, uint8_t r2)
     }
 
     iommu_mr = &iommu->iommu_mr;
+    imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_GET_CLASS(iommu_mr);
+
     while (start < end) {
-        entry = iommu_mr->iommu_ops->translate(iommu_mr, start, IOMMU_NONE);
+        entry = imrc->translate(iommu_mr, start, IOMMU_NONE);
 
         if (!entry.translated_addr) {
             pbdev->state = ZPCI_FS_ERROR;
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index f55b420d88..20472ca19a 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -1488,19 +1488,20 @@ void memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
     mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, mr, errp);
 }
 
-void memory_region_init_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr,
+void memory_region_init_iommu(void *_iommu_mr,
+                              size_t instance_size,
+                              const char *mrtypename,
                               Object *owner,
-                              const MemoryRegionIOMMUOps *ops,
                               const char *name,
                               uint64_t size)
 {
+    struct IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr;
     struct MemoryRegion *mr;
 
-    object_initialize(iommu_mr, sizeof(*iommu_mr), TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION);
-    mr = MEMORY_REGION(iommu_mr);
+    object_initialize(_iommu_mr, instance_size, mrtypename);
+    mr = MEMORY_REGION(_iommu_mr);
     memory_region_do_init(mr, owner, name, size);
     iommu_mr = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION(mr);
-    iommu_mr->iommu_ops = ops,
     mr->terminates = true;  /* then re-forwards */
     QLIST_INIT(&iommu_mr->iommu_notify);
     iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags = IOMMU_NOTIFIER_NONE;
@@ -1602,16 +1603,16 @@ static void memory_region_update_iommu_notify_flags(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr)
 {
     IOMMUNotifierFlag flags = IOMMU_NOTIFIER_NONE;
     IOMMUNotifier *iommu_notifier;
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_GET_CLASS(iommu_mr);
 
     IOMMU_NOTIFIER_FOREACH(iommu_notifier, iommu_mr) {
         flags |= iommu_notifier->notifier_flags;
     }
 
-    if (flags != iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags &&
-        iommu_mr->iommu_ops->notify_flag_changed) {
-        iommu_mr->iommu_ops->notify_flag_changed(iommu_mr,
-                                                iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags,
-                                                flags);
+    if (flags != iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags && imrc->notify_flag_changed) {
+        imrc->notify_flag_changed(iommu_mr,
+                                  iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags,
+                                  flags);
     }
 
     iommu_mr->iommu_notify_flags = flags;
@@ -1637,8 +1638,10 @@ void memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(MemoryRegion *mr,
 
 uint64_t memory_region_iommu_get_min_page_size(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr)
 {
-    if (iommu_mr->iommu_ops && iommu_mr->iommu_ops->get_min_page_size) {
-        return iommu_mr->iommu_ops->get_min_page_size(iommu_mr);
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_GET_CLASS(iommu_mr);
+
+    if (imrc->get_min_page_size) {
+        return imrc->get_min_page_size(iommu_mr);
     }
     return TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
 }
@@ -1646,19 +1649,20 @@ uint64_t memory_region_iommu_get_min_page_size(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr)
 void memory_region_iommu_replay(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, IOMMUNotifier *n)
 {
     MemoryRegion *mr = MEMORY_REGION(iommu_mr);
+    IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *imrc = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION_GET_CLASS(iommu_mr);
     hwaddr addr, granularity;
     IOMMUTLBEntry iotlb;
 
     /* If the IOMMU has its own replay callback, override */
-    if (iommu_mr->iommu_ops->replay) {
-        iommu_mr->iommu_ops->replay(iommu_mr, n);
+    if (imrc->replay) {
+        imrc->replay(iommu_mr, n);
         return;
     }
 
     granularity = memory_region_iommu_get_min_page_size(iommu_mr);
 
     for (addr = 0; addr < memory_region_size(mr); addr += granularity) {
-        iotlb = iommu_mr->iommu_ops->translate(iommu_mr, addr, IOMMU_NONE);
+        iotlb = imrc->translate(iommu_mr, addr, IOMMU_NONE);
         if (iotlb.perm != IOMMU_NONE) {
             n->notify(n, &iotlb);
         }
@@ -2738,8 +2742,10 @@ static const TypeInfo memory_region_info = {
 static const TypeInfo iommu_memory_region_info = {
     .parent             = TYPE_MEMORY_REGION,
     .name               = TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION,
+    .class_size         = sizeof(IOMMUMemoryRegionClass),
     .instance_size      = sizeof(IOMMUMemoryRegion),
     .instance_init      = iommu_memory_region_initfn,
+    .abstract           = true,
 };
 
 static void memory_register_types(void)
