1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/spice-qemu-char.c b/spice-qemu-char.c
index 21885c526b..351fcaa033 100644
--- a/spice-qemu-char.c
+++ b/spice-qemu-char.c
@@ -305,9 +305,10 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_spice_vmc(const char *id,
                                                 ChardevReturn *ret,
                                                 Error **errp)
 {
-    const char *type = backend->u.spicevmc->type;
+    ChardevSpiceChannel *spicevmc = backend->u.spicevmc.data;
+    const char *type = spicevmc->type;
     const char **psubtype = spice_server_char_device_recognized_subtypes();
-    ChardevCommon *common = qapi_ChardevSpiceChannel_base(backend->u.spicevmc);
+    ChardevCommon *common = qapi_ChardevSpiceChannel_base(spicevmc);
 
     for (; *psubtype != NULL; ++psubtype) {
         if (strcmp(type, *psubtype) == 0) {
@@ -329,8 +330,9 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_spice_port(const char *id,
                                                  ChardevReturn *ret,
                                                  Error **errp)
 {
-    const char *name = backend->u.spiceport->fqdn;
-    ChardevCommon *common = qapi_ChardevSpicePort_base(backend->u.spiceport);
+    ChardevSpicePort *spiceport = backend->u.spiceport.data;
+    const char *name = spiceport->fqdn;
+    ChardevCommon *common = qapi_ChardevSpicePort_base(spiceport);
     CharDriverState *chr;
     SpiceCharDriver *s;
 
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ static void qemu_chr_parse_spice_vmc(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend,
         error_setg(errp, "chardev: spice channel: no name given");
         return;
     }
-    spicevmc = backend->u.spicevmc = g_new0(ChardevSpiceChannel, 1);
+    spicevmc = backend->u.spicevmc.data = g_new0(ChardevSpiceChannel, 1);
     qemu_chr_parse_common(opts, qapi_ChardevSpiceChannel_base(spicevmc));
     spicevmc->type = g_strdup(name);
 }
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ static void qemu_chr_parse_spice_port(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend,
         error_setg(errp, "chardev: spice port: no name given");
         return;
     }
-    spiceport = backend->u.spiceport = g_new0(ChardevSpicePort, 1);
+    spiceport = backend->u.spiceport.data = g_new0(ChardevSpicePort, 1);
     qemu_chr_parse_common(opts, qapi_ChardevSpicePort_base(spiceport));
     spiceport->fqdn = g_strdup(name);
 }