diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index b3939bb948..8cf033eb68 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -792,10 +792,13 @@ static void memory_dump(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int wsize,
 #define GET_TLONG(h, l) (l)
 #endif
 
-static void do_memory_dump(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int size,
-                           uint32_t addrh, uint32_t addrl)
+static void do_memory_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
-    target_long addr = GET_TLONG(addrh, addrl);
+    int count = qdict_get_int(qdict, "count");
+    int format = qdict_get_int(qdict, "format");
+    int size = qdict_get_int(qdict, "size");
+    target_long addr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "addr");
+
     memory_dump(mon, count, format, size, addr, 0);
 }
 
@@ -805,18 +808,21 @@ static void do_memory_dump(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int size,
 #define GET_TPHYSADDR(h, l) (l)
 #endif
 
-static void do_physical_memory_dump(Monitor *mon, int count, int format,
-                                    int size, uint32_t addrh, uint32_t addrl)
-
+static void do_physical_memory_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
-    target_phys_addr_t addr = GET_TPHYSADDR(addrh, addrl);
+    int count = qdict_get_int(qdict, "count");
+    int format = qdict_get_int(qdict, "format");
+    int size = qdict_get_int(qdict, "size");
+    target_phys_addr_t addr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "addr");
+
     memory_dump(mon, count, format, size, addr, 1);
 }
 
-static void do_print(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int size,
-                     unsigned int valh, unsigned int vall)
+static void do_print(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
-    target_phys_addr_t val = GET_TPHYSADDR(valh, vall);
+    int format = qdict_get_int(qdict, "format");
+    target_phys_addr_t val = qdict_get_int(qdict, "val");
+
 #if TARGET_PHYS_ADDR_BITS == 32
     switch(format) {
     case 'o':
@@ -1223,9 +1229,12 @@ static void do_ioport_read(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int size,
                    suffix, addr, size * 2, val);
 }
 
-static void do_ioport_write(Monitor *mon, int count, int format, int size,
-                            int addr, int val)
+static void do_ioport_write(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
+    int size = qdict_get_int(qdict, "size");
+    int addr = qdict_get_int(qdict, "addr");
+    int val = qdict_get_int(qdict, "val");
+
     addr &= IOPORTS_MASK;
 
     switch (size) {
@@ -1631,10 +1640,13 @@ static void do_acl_policy(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     }
 }
 
-static void do_acl_add(Monitor *mon, const char *aclname,
-                       const char *match, const char *policy,
-                       int has_index, int index)
+static void do_acl_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
+    const char *aclname = qdict_get_str(qdict, "aclname");
+    const char *match = qdict_get_str(qdict, "match");
+    const char *policy = qdict_get_str(qdict, "policy");
+    int has_index = qdict_haskey(qdict, "index");
+    int index = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "index", -1);
     qemu_acl *acl = find_acl(mon, aclname);
     int deny, ret;
 
@@ -2586,8 +2598,6 @@ static void monitor_handle_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
     void *str_allocated[MAX_ARGS];
     void *args[MAX_ARGS];
     void (*handler_d)(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
-    void (*handler_5)(Monitor *mon, void *arg0, void *arg1, void *arg2,
-                      void *arg3, void *arg4);
     void (*handler_6)(Monitor *mon, void *arg0, void *arg1, void *arg2,
                       void *arg3, void *arg4, void *arg5);
     void (*handler_7)(Monitor *mon, void *arg0, void *arg1, void *arg2,
@@ -2878,13 +2888,10 @@ static void monitor_handle_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
     case 2:
     case 3:
     case 4:
+    case 5:
         handler_d = cmd->handler;
         handler_d(mon, qdict);
         break;
-    case 5:
-        handler_5 = cmd->handler;
-        handler_5(mon, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4]);
-        break;
     case 6:
         handler_6 = cmd->handler;
         handler_6(mon, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5]);