diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index 8912fb4e9c..77b31eb9dc 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -801,9 +801,10 @@ invalid:
     g_free(str);
 }
 
-static int print_pci_devfn(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, char *dest,
+static int print_pci_devfn(Object *obj, Property *prop, char *dest,
                            size_t len)
 {
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
     int32_t *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
 
     if (*ptr == -1) {
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index daf844c2d3..b6cf53e929 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -988,13 +988,12 @@ static void qdev_get_legacy_property(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
                                      const char *name, void *opaque,
                                      Error **errp)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
     Property *prop = opaque;
 
     char buffer[1024];
     char *ptr = buffer;
 
-    prop->info->print(dev, prop, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+    prop->info->print(obj, prop, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
     visit_type_str(v, name, &ptr, errp);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index db7ce51dd5..0ea822e6a7 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct PropertyInfo {
     const char *name;
     const char *description;
     const QEnumLookup *enum_table;
-    int (*print)(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, char *dest, size_t len);
+    int (*print)(Object *obj, Property *prop, char *dest, size_t len);
     void (*set_default_value)(ObjectProperty *op, const Property *prop);
     void (*create)(ObjectClass *oc, Property *prop);
     ObjectPropertyAccessor *get;