diff --git a/bsd-user/qemu.h b/bsd-user/qemu.h
index b550cee0cb..19b2b8fecb 100644
--- a/bsd-user/qemu.h
+++ b/bsd-user/qemu.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct emulated_sigtable {
 /* NOTE: we force a big alignment so that the stack stored after is
    aligned too */
 typedef struct TaskState {
+    pid_t ts_tid;     /* tid (or pid) of this task */
+
     struct TaskState *next;
     int used; /* non zero if used */
     struct image_info *info;
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index b1efe0bccb..378fdd874d 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ static inline int target_memory_rw_debug(CPUState *cpu, target_ulong addr,
 static inline int cpu_gdb_index(CPUState *cpu)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-    return cpu->host_tid;
+    TaskState *ts = (TaskState *) cpu->opaque;
+    return ts->ts_tid;
 #else
     return cpu->cpu_index + 1;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 7bfd50cc32..d3c783b4b5 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ struct qemu_work_item;
  * @cpu_index: CPU index (informative).
  * @nr_cores: Number of cores within this CPU package.
  * @nr_threads: Number of threads within this CPU.
- * @host_tid: Host thread ID.
  * @running: #true if CPU is currently running (lockless).
  * @has_waiter: #true if a CPU is currently waiting for the cpu_exec_end;
  * valid under cpu_list_lock.
@@ -319,7 +318,6 @@ struct CPUState {
     HANDLE hThread;
 #endif
     int thread_id;
-    uint32_t host_tid;
     bool running, has_waiter;
     struct QemuCond *halt_cond;
     bool thread_kicked;
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 925ae11ea6..003943b736 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -6219,7 +6219,6 @@ static void *clone_func(void *arg)
     thread_cpu = cpu;
     ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
     info->tid = gettid();
-    cpu->host_tid = info->tid;
     task_settid(ts);
     if (info->child_tidptr)
         put_user_u32(info->tid, info->child_tidptr);