2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qobject/json-parser.c b/qobject/json-parser.c
index 7a417f20cd..724ca240e4 100644
--- a/qobject/json-parser.c
+++ b/qobject/json-parser.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static QObject *parse_keyword(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
     } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "false")) {
         return QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(false));
     } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "null")) {
-        return qnull();
+        return QOBJECT(qnull());
     }
     parse_error(ctxt, token, "invalid keyword '%s'", token->str);
     return NULL;
diff --git a/qobject/qnull.c b/qobject/qnull.c
index c124d0585e..69a21d1059 100644
--- a/qobject/qnull.c
+++ b/qobject/qnull.c
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 
-QObject qnull_ = {
-    .type = QTYPE_QNULL,
-    .refcnt = 1,
+QNull qnull_ = {
+    .base = {
+        .type = QTYPE_QNULL,
+        .refcnt = 1,
+    },
 };