diff --git a/hw/audio/intel-hda.c b/hw/audio/intel-hda.c
index eac0cf306f..3ac90d510d 100644
--- a/hw/audio/intel-hda.c
+++ b/hw/audio/intel-hda.c
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ struct IntelHDAState {
 
 #define TYPE_INTEL_HDA_GENERIC "intel-hda-generic"
 
+#define INTEL_HDA(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(IntelHDAState, (obj), TYPE_INTEL_HDA_GENERIC)
+
 struct IntelHDAReg {
     const char *name;      /* register name */
     uint32_t   size;       /* size in bytes */
@@ -500,7 +503,7 @@ static void intel_hda_notify_codecs(IntelHDAState *d, uint32_t stream, bool runn
 static void intel_hda_set_g_ctl(IntelHDAState *d, const IntelHDAReg *reg, uint32_t old)
 {
     if ((d->g_ctl & ICH6_GCTL_RESET) == 0) {
-        intel_hda_reset(&d->pci.qdev);
+        intel_hda_reset(DEVICE(d));
     }
 }
 
@@ -1104,7 +1107,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps intel_hda_mmio_ops = {
 static void intel_hda_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     BusChild *kid;
-    IntelHDAState *d = DO_UPCAST(IntelHDAState, pci.qdev, dev);
+    IntelHDAState *d = INTEL_HDA(dev);
     HDACodecDevice *cdev;
 
     intel_hda_regs_reset(d);
@@ -1122,7 +1125,7 @@ static void intel_hda_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 
 static int intel_hda_init(PCIDevice *pci)
 {
-    IntelHDAState *d = DO_UPCAST(IntelHDAState, pci, pci);
+    IntelHDAState *d = INTEL_HDA(pci);
     uint8_t *conf = d->pci.config;
 
     d->name = object_get_typename(OBJECT(d));
@@ -1139,7 +1142,7 @@ static int intel_hda_init(PCIDevice *pci)
         msi_init(&d->pci, 0x50, 1, true, false);
     }
 
-    hda_codec_bus_init(&d->pci.qdev, &d->codecs,
+    hda_codec_bus_init(DEVICE(pci), &d->codecs,
                        intel_hda_response, intel_hda_xfer);
 
     return 0;
@@ -1147,7 +1150,7 @@ static int intel_hda_init(PCIDevice *pci)
 
 static void intel_hda_exit(PCIDevice *pci)
 {
-    IntelHDAState *d = DO_UPCAST(IntelHDAState, pci, pci);
+    IntelHDAState *d = INTEL_HDA(pci);
 
     msi_uninit(&d->pci);
     memory_region_destroy(&d->mmio);
@@ -1312,12 +1315,12 @@ static const TypeInfo hda_codec_device_type_info = {
  */
 static int intel_hda_and_codec_init(PCIBus *bus)
 {
-    PCIDevice *controller;
+    DeviceState *controller;
     BusState *hdabus;
     DeviceState *codec;
 
-    controller = pci_create_simple(bus, -1, "intel-hda");
-    hdabus = QLIST_FIRST(&controller->qdev.child_bus);
+    controller = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(bus, -1, "intel-hda"));
+    hdabus = QLIST_FIRST(&controller->child_bus);
     codec = qdev_create(hdabus, "hda-duplex");
     qdev_init_nofail(codec);
     return 0;