1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 0d6c64e5ca..0164060b2b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -1750,17 +1750,24 @@ static bool vhost_user_mem_section_filter(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     return result;
 }
 
-VhostUserState *vhost_user_init(void)
+bool vhost_user_init(VhostUserState *user, CharBackend *chr, Error **errp)
 {
-    VhostUserState *user = g_new0(struct VhostUserState, 1);
-
-    return user;
+    if (user->chr) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot initialize vhost-user state");
+        return false;
+    }
+    user->chr = chr;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void vhost_user_cleanup(VhostUserState *user)
 {
     int i;
 
+    if (!user->chr) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX; i++) {
         if (user->notifier[i].addr) {
             object_unparent(OBJECT(&user->notifier[i].mr));
@@ -1768,6 +1775,7 @@ void vhost_user_cleanup(VhostUserState *user)
             user->notifier[i].addr = NULL;
         }
     }
+    user->chr = NULL;
 }
 
 const VhostOps user_ops = {