diff --git a/chardev/char-fd.c b/chardev/char-fd.c
index cf78454841..d2c4923359 100644
--- a/chardev/char-fd.c
+++ b/chardev/char-fd.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int qmp_chardev_open_file_source(char *src, int flags,
Error **errp)
 {
     int fd = -1;

-    TFR(fd = qemu_open_old(src, flags, 0666));
+    fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(qemu_open_old(src, flags, 0666));
     if (fd == -1) {
         error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, src);
     }
diff --git a/chardev/char-pipe.c b/chardev/char-pipe.c
index 66d3b85091..5ad30bcc59 100644
--- a/chardev/char-pipe.c
+++ b/chardev/char-pipe.c
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_pipe(Chardev *chr,

     filename_in = g_strdup_printf("%s.in", filename);
     filename_out = g_strdup_printf("%s.out", filename);
-    TFR(fd_in = qemu_open_old(filename_in, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
-    TFR(fd_out = qemu_open_old(filename_out, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
+    fd_in = RETRY_ON_EINTR(qemu_open_old(filename_in, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
+    fd_out = RETRY_ON_EINTR(qemu_open_old(filename_out, O_RDWR |
O_BINARY));
     g_free(filename_in);
     g_free(filename_out);
     if (fd_in < 0 || fd_out < 0) {
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_pipe(Chardev *chr,
         if (fd_out >= 0) {
             close(fd_out);
         }
-        TFR(fd_in = fd_out = qemu_open_old(filename, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
+        fd_in = fd_out = RETRY_ON_EINTR(
+            qemu_open_old(filename, O_RDWR | O_BINARY)
+        );
         if (fd_in < 0) {
             error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, filename);
             return;
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index b1c161c035..a470905475 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -243,7 +243,13 @@ void QEMU_ERROR("code path is reachable")
 #define ESHUTDOWN 4099
 #endif

-#define TFR(expr) do { if ((expr) != -1) break; } while (errno == EINTR)
+#define RETRY_ON_EINTR(expr) \
+    (__extension__                                          \
+        ({ typeof(expr) __result;                               \
+           do {                                             \
+                __result = (typeof(expr)) (expr);         \
+           } while (__result == -1L && errno == EINTR);     \
+           __result; }))

 /* time_t may be either 32 or 64 bits depending on the host OS, and
  * can be either signed or unsigned, so we can't just hardcode a
diff --git a/net/tap-bsd.c b/net/tap-bsd.c
index 005ce05c6e..4c98fdd337 100644
--- a/net/tap-bsd.c
+++ b/net/tap-bsd.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size, int *vnet_hdr,
         } else {
             snprintf(dname, sizeof dname, "/dev/tap%d", i);
         }
-        TFR(fd = open(dname, O_RDWR));
+        fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open(dname, O_RDWR));
         if (fd >= 0) {
             break;
         }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int tap_open_clone(char *ifname, int
ifname_size, Error **errp)
     int fd, s, ret;
     struct ifreq ifr;

-    TFR(fd = open(PATH_NET_TAP, O_RDWR));
+    fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open(PATH_NET_TAP, O_RDWR));
     if (fd < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "could not open %s", PATH_NET_TAP);
         return -1;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size, int
*vnet_hdr,
     if (ifname[0] != '\0') {
         char dname[100];
         snprintf(dname, sizeof dname, "/dev/%s", ifname);
-        TFR(fd = open(dname, O_RDWR));
+        fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open(dname, O_RDWR));
         if (fd < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "could not open %s", dname);
             return -1;
diff --git a/net/tap-linux.c b/net/tap-linux.c
index 304ff45071..f54f308d35 100644
--- a/net/tap-linux.c
+++ b/net/tap-linux.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size, int *vnet_hdr,
     int len = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
     unsigned int features;

-    TFR(fd = open(PATH_NET_TUN, O_RDWR));
+    fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open(PATH_NET_TUN, O_RDWR));
     if (fd < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "could not open %s", PATH_NET_TUN);
         return -1;
diff --git a/net/tap-solaris.c b/net/tap-solaris.c
index a44f8805c2..38e15028bf 100644
--- a/net/tap-solaris.c
+++ b/net/tap-solaris.c
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ static int tap_alloc(char *dev, size_t dev_size, Error
**errp)
     if( ip_fd )
        close(ip_fd);

-    TFR(ip_fd = open("/dev/udp", O_RDWR, 0));
+    ip_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/udp", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (ip_fd < 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/ip (actually /dev/udp)");
         return -1;
     }

-    TFR(tap_fd = open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
+    tap_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (tap_fd < 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/tap");
         return -1;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int tap_alloc(char *dev, size_t dev_size, Error
**errp)
     if ((ppa = ioctl (tap_fd, I_STR, &strioc_ppa)) < 0)
         error_report("Can't assign new interface");

-    TFR(if_fd = open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
+    if_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (if_fd < 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/tap (2)");
         return -1;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int tap_alloc(char *dev, size_t dev_size, Error
**errp)
     if (ioctl (ip_fd, I_PUSH, "arp") < 0)
         error_report("Can't push ARP module (3)");
     /* Open arp_fd */
-    TFR(arp_fd = open ("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
+    arp_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (arp_fd < 0)
         error_report("Can't open %s", "/dev/tap");

diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 321fc4bd13..bb27f67bac 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void os_setup_post(void)
             error_report("not able to chdir to /: %s", strerror(errno));
             exit(1);
         }
-        TFR(fd = qemu_open_old("/dev/null", O_RDWR));
+        fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(qemu_open_old("/dev/null", O_RDWR));
         if (fd == -1) {
             exit(1);
         }
