diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index e3cf72883b..3d86ae5052 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -1542,8 +1542,8 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
         const char *name;
         int num;
     } num_cpus[] = {
-        { "SMP",          smp_cpus },
-        { "hotpluggable", max_cpus },
+        { "SMP",          ms->smp.cpus },
+        { "hotpluggable", ms->smp.max_cpus },
         { NULL, }
     }, *nc = num_cpus;
     int soft_vcpus_limit, hard_vcpus_limit;
diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index 04baf479a1..463102aa15 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
     if (backend->force_prealloc) {
         if (value) {
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
         void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr);
         uint64_t sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr);
 
-        os_mem_prealloc(fd, ptr, sz, smp_cpus, &local_err);
+        os_mem_prealloc(fd, ptr, sz, ms->smp.cpus, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return;
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
 {
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(uc);
     HostMemoryBackendClass *bc = MEMORY_BACKEND_GET_CLASS(uc);
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     void *ptr;
     uint64_t sz;
@@ -375,7 +377,7 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
          */
         if (backend->prealloc) {
             os_mem_prealloc(memory_region_get_fd(&backend->mr), ptr, sz,
-                            smp_cpus, &local_err);
+                            ms->smp.cpus, &local_err);
             if (local_err) {
                 goto out;
             }
diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 1af51b73dd..86b91fcd56 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -2078,8 +2078,10 @@ static void qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 
 void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    cpu->nr_cores = smp_cores;
-    cpu->nr_threads = smp_threads;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+
+    cpu->nr_cores = ms->smp.cores;
+    cpu->nr_threads =  ms->smp.threads;
     cpu->stopped = true;
     cpu->random_seed = qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part1();
 
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index e7622d1956..50ea9c5aaa 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1874,6 +1874,7 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
                             bool truncate,
                             Error **errp)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     void *area;
 
     block->page_size = qemu_fd_getpagesize(fd);
@@ -1930,7 +1931,7 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
     }
 
     if (mem_prealloc) {
-        os_mem_prealloc(fd, area, memory, smp_cpus, errp);
+        os_mem_prealloc(fd, area, memory, ms->smp.cpus, errp);
         if (errp && *errp) {
             qemu_ram_munmap(fd, area, memory);
             return NULL;
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 8618e34311..687c02e598 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "hw/cpu/cluster.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 #endif
 
 #define MAX_PACKET_LENGTH 4096
@@ -1171,6 +1172,9 @@ static int gdb_handle_vcont(GDBState *s, const char *p)
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
         max_cpus = max_cpus <= cpu->cpu_index ? cpu->cpu_index + 1 : max_cpus;
     }
+#else
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    unsigned int max_cpus = ms->smp.max_cpus;
 #endif
     /* uninitialised CPUs stay 0 */
     newstates = g_new0(char, max_cpus);
diff --git a/hw/cpu/core.c b/hw/cpu/core.c
index e57c73f0ce..9874c5c870 100644
--- a/hw/cpu/core.c
+++ b/hw/cpu/core.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 
 static void core_prop_get_core_id(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
                                   void *opaque, Error **errp)
@@ -71,13 +72,14 @@ static void core_prop_set_nr_threads(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
 
 static void cpu_core_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     CPUCore *core = CPU_CORE(obj);
 
     object_property_add(obj, "core-id", "int", core_prop_get_core_id,
                         core_prop_set_core_id, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     object_property_add(obj, "nr-threads", "int", core_prop_get_nr_threads,
                         core_prop_set_nr_threads, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    core->nr_threads = smp_threads;
+    core->nr_threads = ms->smp.threads;
 }
 
 static void cpu_core_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index e2aa57a701..9faacacc9e 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/balloon.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 
 /* Arbitrary limit on size of each discard command,
  * keeps them around ~200 bytes
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ static void migration_exit_cb(Notifier *n, void *data)
 
 static struct PostcopyBlocktimeContext *blocktime_context_new(void)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    unsigned int smp_cpus = ms->smp.cpus;
     PostcopyBlocktimeContext *ctx = g_new0(PostcopyBlocktimeContext, 1);
     ctx->page_fault_vcpu_time = g_new0(uint32_t, smp_cpus);
     ctx->vcpu_addr = g_new0(uintptr_t, smp_cpus);
@@ -141,10 +144,11 @@ static struct PostcopyBlocktimeContext *blocktime_context_new(void)
 
 static uint32List *get_vcpu_blocktime_list(PostcopyBlocktimeContext *ctx)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     uint32List *list = NULL, *entry = NULL;
     int i;
 
-    for (i = smp_cpus - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    for (i = ms->smp.cpus - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         entry = g_new0(uint32List, 1);
         entry->value = ctx->vcpu_blocktime[i];
         entry->next = list;
@@ -807,6 +811,8 @@ static void mark_postcopy_blocktime_end(uintptr_t addr)
 {
     MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
     PostcopyBlocktimeContext *dc = mis->blocktime_ctx;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    unsigned int smp_cpus = ms->smp.cpus;
     int i, affected_cpu = 0;
     bool vcpu_total_blocktime = false;
     uint32_t read_vcpu_time, low_time_offset;
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 955ec0c830..7594eb5a7e 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static void parse_numa_node(MachineState *ms, NumaNodeOptions *node,
     uint16_t nodenr;
     uint16List *cpus = NULL;
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
+    unsigned int max_cpus = ms->smp.max_cpus;
 
     if (node->has_nodeid) {
         nodenr = node->nodeid;
diff --git a/target/openrisc/sys_helper.c b/target/openrisc/sys_helper.c
index 8f11cb8202..1053409a04 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/sys_helper.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/sys_helper.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include "exec/helper-proto.h"
 #include "exception.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#endif
 
 #define TO_SPR(group, number) (((group) << 11) + (number))
 
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ target_ulong HELPER(mfspr)(CPUOpenRISCState *env, target_ulong rd,
                            target_ulong spr)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     OpenRISCCPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
     CPUState *cs = env_cpu(env);
     int idx;
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ target_ulong HELPER(mfspr)(CPUOpenRISCState *env, target_ulong rd,
         return cpu->parent_obj.cpu_index;
 
     case TO_SPR(0, 129): /* NUMCORES */
-        return max_cpus;
+        return ms->smp.max_cpus;
 
     case TO_SPR(0, 1024) ... TO_SPR(0, 1024 + (16 * 32)): /* Shadow GPRs */
         idx = (spr - 1024);
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 02a2680169..be2c33c400 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "tcg-op.h"
 
 #if UINTPTR_MAX == UINT32_MAX
@@ -620,6 +624,10 @@ static size_t tcg_n_regions(void)
     size_t i;
 
     /* Use a single region if all we have is one vCPU thread */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    unsigned int max_cpus = ms->smp.max_cpus;
+#endif
     if (max_cpus == 1 || !qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled()) {
         return 1;
     }
@@ -752,6 +760,7 @@ void tcg_register_thread(void)
 #else
 void tcg_register_thread(void)
 {
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     TCGContext *s = g_malloc(sizeof(*s));
     unsigned int i, n;
     bool err;
@@ -769,7 +778,7 @@ void tcg_register_thread(void)
 
     /* Claim an entry in tcg_ctxs */
     n = atomic_fetch_inc(&n_tcg_ctxs);
-    g_assert(n < max_cpus);
+    g_assert(n < ms->smp.max_cpus);
     atomic_set(&tcg_ctxs[n], s);
 
     tcg_ctx = s;
@@ -979,6 +988,8 @@ void tcg_context_init(TCGContext *s)
     tcg_ctxs = &tcg_ctx;
     n_tcg_ctxs = 1;
 #else
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    unsigned int max_cpus = ms->smp.max_cpus;
     tcg_ctxs = g_new(TCGContext *, max_cpus);
 #endif
 
