diff --git a/hw/sparc/leon3.c b/hw/sparc/leon3.c
index cac987373e..8038887ff7 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/leon3.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/leon3.c
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ static void leon3_generic_hw_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     /* Allocate IRQ manager */
     dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_GRLIB_IRQMP);
-    env->pil_irq = qemu_allocate_irq(leon3_set_pil_in, env, 0);
-    qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(dev, "grlib-irq", 0, env->pil_irq);
+    qdev_init_gpio_in_named_with_opaque(DEVICE(cpu), leon3_set_pil_in,
+                                        env, "pil", 1);
+    qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(dev, "grlib-irq", 0,
+                                qdev_get_gpio_in_named(DEVICE(cpu), "pil", 0));
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, LEON3_IRQMP_OFFSET);
     env->irq_manager = dev;
diff --git a/target/sparc/cpu.h b/target/sparc/cpu.h
index e70fec0133..ae97c7d9f7 100644
--- a/target/sparc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/sparc/cpu.h
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ struct CPUSPARCState {
 #endif
     sparc_def_t def;
 
-    qemu_irq pil_irq;
     void *irq_manager;
     void (*qemu_irq_ack)(CPUSPARCState *env, void *irq_manager, int intno);