diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
index a338f64002..526ec7d08f 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-device.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#define VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE_USE_NEW
+
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
@@ -113,11 +115,6 @@ static void virtio_9p_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
     g_free(cfg);
 }
 
-static int virtio_9p_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size)
-{
-    return virtio_load(VIRTIO_DEVICE(opaque), f, 1);
-}
-
 static void virtio_9p_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -184,7 +181,15 @@ void virtio_init_iov_from_pdu(V9fsPDU *pdu, struct iovec **piov,
 
 /* virtio-9p device */
 
-VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE(9p, 1, virtio_9p_load, virtio_vmstate_save);
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_9p = {
+    .name = "virtio-9p",
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+};
 
 static Property virtio_9p_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("mount_tag", V9fsVirtioState, state.fsconf.tag),