diff --git a/tests/plugin/mem.c b/tests/plugin/mem.c
index 44e91065ba..b650dddcce 100644
--- a/tests/plugin/mem.c
+++ b/tests/plugin/mem.c
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@
 
 QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version = QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION;
 
-static uint64_t inline_mem_count;
-static uint64_t cb_mem_count;
-static uint64_t io_count;
+typedef struct {
+    uint64_t mem_count;
+    uint64_t io_count;
+} CPUCount;
+
+static struct qemu_plugin_scoreboard *counts;
+static qemu_plugin_u64 mem_count;
+static qemu_plugin_u64 io_count;
 static bool do_inline, do_callback;
 static bool do_haddr;
 static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
@@ -27,16 +32,16 @@ static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) out = g_string_new("");
 
-    if (do_inline) {
-        g_string_printf(out, "inline mem accesses: %" PRIu64 "\n", inline_mem_count);
-    }
-    if (do_callback) {
-        g_string_append_printf(out, "callback mem accesses: %" PRIu64 "\n", cb_mem_count);
+    if (do_inline || do_callback) {
+        g_string_printf(out, "mem accesses: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+                        qemu_plugin_u64_sum(mem_count));
     }
     if (do_haddr) {
-        g_string_append_printf(out, "io accesses: %" PRIu64 "\n", io_count);
+        g_string_append_printf(out, "io accesses: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+                               qemu_plugin_u64_sum(io_count));
     }
     qemu_plugin_outs(out->str);
+    qemu_plugin_scoreboard_free(counts);
 }
 
 static void vcpu_mem(unsigned int cpu_index, qemu_plugin_meminfo_t meminfo,
@@ -46,12 +51,12 @@ static void vcpu_mem(unsigned int cpu_index, qemu_plugin_meminfo_t meminfo,
         struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *hwaddr;
         hwaddr = qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr(meminfo, vaddr);
         if (qemu_plugin_hwaddr_is_io(hwaddr)) {
-            io_count++;
+            qemu_plugin_u64_add(io_count, cpu_index, 1);
         } else {
-            cb_mem_count++;
+            qemu_plugin_u64_add(mem_count, cpu_index, 1);
         }
     } else {
-        cb_mem_count++;
+        qemu_plugin_u64_add(mem_count, cpu_index, 1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -64,9 +69,10 @@ static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
         struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn(tb, i);
 
         if (do_inline) {
-            qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_mem_inline(insn, rw,
-                                                 QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64,
-                                                 &inline_mem_count, 1);
+            qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_mem_inline_per_vcpu(
+                insn, rw,
+                QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64,
+                mem_count, 1);
         }
         if (do_callback) {
             qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_mem_cb(insn, vcpu_mem,
@@ -117,6 +123,16 @@ QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id,
         }
     }
 
+    if (do_inline && do_callback) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "can't enable inline and callback counting at the same time\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    counts = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new(sizeof(CPUCount));
+    mem_count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_u64_in_struct(
+        counts, CPUCount, mem_count);
+    io_count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_u64_in_struct(counts, CPUCount, io_count);
     qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_trans_cb(id, vcpu_tb_trans);
     qemu_plugin_register_atexit_cb(id, plugin_exit, NULL);
     return 0;
diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
index a4c25908fb..f21be50d3b 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ RUN_TESTS+=$(EXTRA_RUNS)
 
 # Some plugins need additional arguments above the default to fully
 # exercise things. We can define them on a per-test basis here.
-run-plugin-%-with-libmem.so: PLUGIN_ARGS=$(COMMA)inline=true$(COMMA)callback=true
+run-plugin-%-with-libmem.so: PLUGIN_ARGS=$(COMMA)inline=true
 
 ifeq ($(filter %-softmmu, $(TARGET)),)
 run-%: %