diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
index f7f1b4ad7a..254fce7764 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void tpm_emulator_vm_state_change(void *opaque, bool running,
 
     trace_tpm_emulator_vm_state_change(running, state);
 
-    if (!running || state != RUN_STATE_RUNNING || !tpm_emu->relock_storage) {
+    if (!running || !tpm_emu->relock_storage) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
index 19b4534c20..10c82ce472 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ static void usb_ehci_vm_state_change(void *opaque, bool running, RunState state)
      * USB-devices which have async handled packages have a packet in the
      * ep queue to match the completion with.
      */
-    if (state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING) {
+    if (running) {
         ehci_advance_async_state(ehci);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index c9893df867..3785bb057b 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static void usbredir_vm_state_change(void *priv, bool running, RunState state)
 {
     USBRedirDevice *dev = priv;
 
-    if (state == RUN_STATE_RUNNING && dev->parser != NULL) {
+    if (running && dev->parser != NULL) {
         usbredirparser_do_write(dev->parser); /* Flush any pending writes */
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
index 565dc39c8f..47e6cb1db3 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-hvm-common.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void xen_hvm_change_state_handler(void *opaque, bool running,
 
     xen_set_ioreq_server_state(xen_domid,
                                state->ioservid,
-                               (rstate == RUN_STATE_RUNNING));
+                               running);
 }
 
 void xen_exit_notifier(Notifier *n, void *data)