diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index 4f0c2fbca0..0b39101a5e 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ static void create_fdt(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     hwaddr flashbase = virt_memmap[VIRT_FLASH].base;
 
     if (mc->dtb) {
-        fdt = s->fdt = load_device_tree(mc->dtb, &s->fdt_size);
+        fdt = mc->fdt = load_device_tree(mc->dtb, &s->fdt_size);
         if (!fdt) {
             error_report("load_device_tree() failed");
             exit(1);
         }
         goto update_bootargs;
     } else {
-        fdt = s->fdt = create_device_tree(&s->fdt_size);
+        fdt = mc->fdt = create_device_tree(&s->fdt_size);
         if (!fdt) {
             error_report("create_device_tree() failed");
             exit(1);
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ static void create_fdt(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     g_free(name);
 
     name = g_strdup_printf("/soc/flash@%" PRIx64, flashbase);
-    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(s->fdt, name);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(s->fdt, name, "compatible", "cfi-flash");
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(s->fdt, name, "reg",
+    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(mc->fdt, name);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(mc->fdt, name, "compatible", "cfi-flash");
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(mc->fdt, name, "reg",
                                  2, flashbase, 2, flashsize,
                                  2, flashbase + flashsize, 2, flashsize);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(s->fdt, name, "bank-width", 4);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(mc->fdt, name, "bank-width", 4);
     g_free(name);
 
 update_bootargs:
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ static void virt_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
             hwaddr end = riscv_load_initrd(machine->initrd_filename,
                                            machine->ram_size, kernel_entry,
                                            &start);
-            qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(s->fdt, "/chosen",
+            qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(machine->fdt, "/chosen",
                                   "linux,initrd-start", start);
-            qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(s->fdt, "/chosen", "linux,initrd-end",
+            qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(machine->fdt, "/chosen", "linux,initrd-end",
                                   end);
         }
     } else {
@@ -690,12 +690,12 @@ static void virt_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     /* Compute the fdt load address in dram */
     fdt_load_addr = riscv_load_fdt(memmap[VIRT_DRAM].base,
-                                   machine->ram_size, s->fdt);
+                                   machine->ram_size, machine->fdt);
     /* load the reset vector */
     riscv_setup_rom_reset_vec(machine, &s->soc[0], start_addr,
                               virt_memmap[VIRT_MROM].base,
                               virt_memmap[VIRT_MROM].size, kernel_entry,
-                              fdt_load_addr, s->fdt);
+                              fdt_load_addr, machine->fdt);
 
     /* SiFive Test MMIO device */
     sifive_test_create(memmap[VIRT_TEST].base);
diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/virt.h b/include/hw/riscv/virt.h
index 84b7a3848f..632da52018 100644
--- a/include/hw/riscv/virt.h
+++ b/include/hw/riscv/virt.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct RISCVVirtState {
     DeviceState *plic[VIRT_SOCKETS_MAX];
     PFlashCFI01 *flash[2];
 
-    void *fdt;
     int fdt_size;
 };