diff --git a/accel.c b/accel.c
index b151d558a5..6087ab32b7 100644
--- a/accel.c
+++ b/accel.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "sysemu/accel.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 int tcg_tb_size;
 static bool tcg_allowed = true;
 
-static int tcg_init(MachineClass *mc)
+static int tcg_init(MachineState *ms)
 {
     tcg_exec_init(tcg_tb_size * 1024 * 1024);
     return 0;
@@ -57,18 +58,18 @@ static AccelClass *accel_find(const char *opt_name)
     return ac;
 }
 
-static int accel_init_machine(AccelClass *acc, MachineClass *mc)
+static int accel_init_machine(AccelClass *acc, MachineState *ms)
 {
     int ret;
     *(acc->allowed) = true;
-    ret = acc->init_machine(mc);
+    ret = acc->init_machine(ms);
     if (ret < 0) {
         *(acc->allowed) = false;
     }
     return ret;
 }
 
-int configure_accelerator(MachineClass *mc)
+int configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms)
 {
     const char *p;
     char buf[10];
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ int configure_accelerator(MachineClass *mc)
                    acc->name);
             continue;
         }
-        ret = accel_init_machine(acc, mc);
+        ret = accel_init_machine(acc, ms);
         if (ret < 0) {
             init_failed = true;
             fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize %s: %s\n",
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index dfb6718dc1..0058c49d8d 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 
-typedef struct MachineState MachineState;
-
 typedef void QEMUMachineInitFunc(MachineState *ms);
 
 typedef void QEMUMachineResetFunc(void);
diff --git a/include/qemu/typedefs.h b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
index 5f20b0e263..04df51b6fc 100644
--- a/include/qemu/typedefs.h
+++ b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ typedef struct MemoryMappingList MemoryMappingList;
 
 typedef struct QEMUMachine QEMUMachine;
 typedef struct MachineClass MachineClass;
+typedef struct MachineState MachineState;
 typedef struct NICInfo NICInfo;
 typedef struct HCIInfo HCIInfo;
 typedef struct AudioState AudioState;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/accel.h b/include/sysemu/accel.h
index 8812cdae21..997720f36c 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/accel.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/accel.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ typedef struct AccelClass {
     const char *opt_name;
     const char *name;
     int (*available)(void);
-    int (*init_machine)(MachineClass *mc);
+    int (*init_machine)(MachineState *ms);
     bool *allowed;
 } AccelClass;
 
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ typedef struct AccelClass {
 
 extern int tcg_tb_size;
 
-int configure_accelerator(MachineClass *mc);
+int configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index ce0e4c7e40..0a9de929e0 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1380,8 +1380,9 @@ static int kvm_max_vcpus(KVMState *s)
     return (ret) ? ret : kvm_recommended_vcpus(s);
 }
 
-static int kvm_init(MachineClass *mc)
+static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
 {
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms);
     static const char upgrade_note[] =
         "Please upgrade to at least kernel 2.6.29 or recent kvm-kmod\n"
         "(see http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm).\n";
diff --git a/qtest.c b/qtest.c
index 18e26fc41f..4b85995de0 100644
--- a/qtest.c
+++ b/qtest.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static void configure_qtest_icount(const char *options)
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
 }
 
-static int qtest_init_accel(MachineClass *mc)
+static int qtest_init_accel(MachineState *ms)
 {
     configure_qtest_icount("0");
     return 0;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c3def21666..020b7c3d76 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4179,7 +4179,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    configure_accelerator(machine_class);
+    configure_accelerator(current_machine);
 
     if (qtest_chrdev) {
         Error *local_err = NULL;
diff --git a/xen-common.c b/xen-common.c
index acb738f2ff..56359ca725 100644
--- a/xen-common.c
+++ b/xen-common.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static void xen_change_state_handler(void *opaque, int running,
     }
 }
 
-static int xen_init(MachineClass *mc)
+static int xen_init(MachineState *ms)
 {
     xen_xc = xen_xc_interface_open(0, 0, 0);
     if (xen_xc == XC_HANDLER_INITIAL_VALUE) {