diff --git a/tests/fdc-test.c b/tests/fdc-test.c
index 4b0301da46..fd198dcf8b 100644
--- a/tests/fdc-test.c
+++ b/tests/fdc-test.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     ret = g_test_run();
 
     /* Cleanup */
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
     unlink(test_image);
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/tests/hd-geo-test.c b/tests/hd-geo-test.c
index 9a31e8587f..b72042e59d 100644
--- a/tests/hd-geo-test.c
+++ b/tests/hd-geo-test.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void test_ide_none(void)
     setup_common(argv, ARRAY_SIZE(argv));
     qtest_start(g_strjoinv(" ", argv));
     test_cmos();
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
 }
 
 static void test_ide_mbr(bool use_device, MBRcontents mbr)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void test_ide_mbr(bool use_device, MBRcontents mbr)
     }
     qtest_start(g_strjoinv(" ", argv));
     test_cmos();
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void test_ide_drive_user(const char *dev, bool trans)
     g_free(opts);
     qtest_start(g_strjoinv(" ", argv));
     test_cmos();
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void test_ide_drive_cd_0(void)
     }
     qtest_start(g_strjoinv(" ", argv));
     test_cmos();
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/tests/ide-test.c b/tests/ide-test.c
index 7e2eb9455a..7307f1d336 100644
--- a/tests/ide-test.c
+++ b/tests/ide-test.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void ide_test_start(const char *cmdline_fmt, ...)
 
 static void ide_test_quit(void)
 {
-    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    qtest_end();
 }
 
 static QPCIDevice *get_pci_device(uint16_t *bmdma_base)
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.h b/tests/libqtest.h
index 437bda39f3..0f6aade092 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/libqtest.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef LIBQTEST_H
 #define LIBQTEST_H
 
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -318,6 +319,17 @@ static inline QTestState *qtest_start(const char *args)
     return global_qtest;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qtest_end:
+ *
+ * Shut down the QEMU process started by qtest_start().
+ */
+static inline void qtest_end(void)
+{
+    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+    global_qtest = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * qmp:
  * @fmt...: QMP message to send to qemu