diff --git a/scripts/qapi-types.py b/scripts/qapi-types.py
index 403768b89f..2f2f7dfd80 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-types.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -36,37 +36,18 @@ struct %(c_name)s {
                  c_name=c_name(name), c_type=element_type.c_type())
 
 
-def gen_struct_field(member):
+def gen_struct_fields(members):
     ret = ''
-
-    if member.optional:
-        ret += mcgen('''
+    for memb in members:
+        if memb.optional:
+            ret += mcgen('''
     bool has_%(c_name)s;
 ''',
-                     c_name=c_name(member.name))
-    ret += mcgen('''
+                         c_name=c_name(memb.name))
+        ret += mcgen('''
     %(c_type)s %(c_name)s;
 ''',
-                 c_type=member.type.c_type(), c_name=c_name(member.name))
-    return ret
-
-
-def gen_struct_fields(local_members, base):
-    ret = ''
-
-    if base:
-        ret += mcgen('''
-    /* Members inherited from %(c_name)s: */
-''',
-                     c_name=base.c_name())
-        for memb in base.members:
-            ret += gen_struct_field(memb)
-        ret += mcgen('''
-    /* Own members: */
-''')
-
-    for memb in local_members:
-        ret += gen_struct_field(memb)
+                     c_type=memb.type.c_type(), c_name=c_name(memb.name))
     return ret
 
 
@@ -77,7 +58,16 @@ struct %(c_name)s {
 ''',
                 c_name=c_name(name))
 
-    ret += gen_struct_fields(members, base)
+    if base:
+        ret += mcgen('''
+    /* Members inherited from %(c_name)s: */
+''',
+                     c_name=base.c_name())
+        ret += gen_struct_fields(base.members)
+        ret += mcgen('''
+    /* Own members: */
+''')
+    ret += gen_struct_fields(members)
 
     if variants:
         ret += gen_variants(variants)