diff --git a/hw/apic.c b/hw/apic.c
index 49f0015..99e84f9 100644
--- a/hw/apic.c
+++ b/hw/apic.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         length = offsetof(VAPICState, enabled) - offsetof(VAPICState, isr);
 
         if (sync_type & SYNC_TO_VAPIC) {
-            assert(qemu_cpu_is_self(s->cpu_env));
+            assert(qemu_cpu_is_self(&s->cpu->env));
 
             vapic_state.tpr = s->tpr;
             vapic_state.enabled = 1;
@@ -151,15 +151,15 @@
 
     switch ((lvt >> 8) & 7) {
     case APIC_DM_SMI:
-        cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SMI);
+        cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SMI);
         break;
 
     case APIC_DM_NMI:
-        cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_NMI);
+        cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_NMI);
         break;
 
     case APIC_DM_EXTINT:
-        cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
+        cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
         break;
 
     case APIC_DM_FIXED:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
             reset_bit(s->irr, lvt & 0xff);
             /* fall through */
         case APIC_DM_EXTINT:
-            cpu_reset_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
+            cpu_reset_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -248,18 +248,22 @@
 
         case APIC_DM_SMI:
             foreach_apic(apic_iter, deliver_bitmask,
-                cpu_interrupt(apic_iter->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SMI) );
+                cpu_interrupt(&apic_iter->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SMI)
+            );
             return;
 
         case APIC_DM_NMI:
             foreach_apic(apic_iter, deliver_bitmask,
-                cpu_interrupt(apic_iter->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_NMI) );
+                cpu_interrupt(&apic_iter->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_NMI)
+            );
             return;
 
         case APIC_DM_INIT:
             /* normal INIT IPI sent to processors */
             foreach_apic(apic_iter, deliver_bitmask,
-                         cpu_interrupt(apic_iter->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_INIT) );
+                         cpu_interrupt(&apic_iter->cpu->env,
+                                       CPU_INTERRUPT_INIT)
+            );
             return;
 
         case APIC_DM_EXTINT:
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@
     /* if disabled, cannot be enabled again */
     if (!(val & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE)) {
         s->apicbase &= ~MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE;
-        cpu_clear_apic_feature(s->cpu_env);
+        cpu_clear_apic_feature(&s->cpu->env);
         s->spurious_vec &= ~APIC_SV_ENABLE;
     }
 }
@@ -362,10 +366,10 @@
     if (!(s->spurious_vec & APIC_SV_ENABLE)) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(s->cpu_env)) {
-        cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_POLL);
+    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(&s->cpu->env)) {
+        cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_POLL);
     } else if (apic_irq_pending(s) > 0) {
-        cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
+        cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
     }
 }
 
@@ -472,18 +476,18 @@
 static void apic_startup(APICCommonState *s, int vector_num)
 {
     s->sipi_vector = vector_num;
-    cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI);
+    cpu_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI);
 }
 
 void apic_sipi(DeviceState *d)
 {
     APICCommonState *s = DO_UPCAST(APICCommonState, busdev.qdev, d);
 
-    cpu_reset_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI);
+    cpu_reset_interrupt(&s->cpu->env, CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI);
 
     if (!s->wait_for_sipi)
         return;
-    cpu_x86_load_seg_cache_sipi(s->cpu_env, s->sipi_vector);
+    cpu_x86_load_seg_cache_sipi(&s->cpu->env, s->sipi_vector);
     s->wait_for_sipi = 0;
 }
 
@@ -672,7 +676,7 @@
     case 0x08:
         apic_sync_vapic(s, SYNC_FROM_VAPIC);
         if (apic_report_tpr_access) {
-            cpu_report_tpr_access(s->cpu_env, TPR_ACCESS_READ);
+            cpu_report_tpr_access(&s->cpu->env, TPR_ACCESS_READ);
         }
         val = s->tpr;
         break;
@@ -774,7 +778,7 @@
         break;
     case 0x08:
         if (apic_report_tpr_access) {
-            cpu_report_tpr_access(s->cpu_env, TPR_ACCESS_WRITE);
+            cpu_report_tpr_access(&s->cpu->env, TPR_ACCESS_WRITE);
         }
         s->tpr = val;
         apic_sync_vapic(s, SYNC_TO_VAPIC);
diff --git a/hw/apic_common.c b/hw/apic_common.c
index b13f23c..5f54276 100644
--- a/hw/apic_common.c
+++ b/hw/apic_common.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 {
     APICCommonState *s = DO_UPCAST(APICCommonState, busdev.qdev, d);
 
-    vapic_report_tpr_access(s->vapic, s->cpu_env, ip, access);
+    vapic_report_tpr_access(s->vapic, &s->cpu->env, ip, access);
 }
 
 void apic_report_irq_delivered(int delivered)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
     APICCommonClass *info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
     bool bsp;
 
-    bsp = cpu_is_bsp(x86_env_get_cpu(s->cpu_env));
+    bsp = cpu_is_bsp(s->cpu);
     s->apicbase = 0xfee00000 |
         (bsp ? MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP : 0) | MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE;
 
diff --git a/hw/apic_internal.h b/hw/apic_internal.h
index 30932a3..79e2de2 100644
--- a/hw/apic_internal.h
+++ b/hw/apic_internal.h
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@
 
 struct APICCommonState {
     SysBusDevice busdev;
+
     MemoryRegion io_memory;
-    void *cpu_env;
+    X86CPU *cpu;
     uint32_t apicbase;
     uint8_t id;
     uint8_t arb_id;
diff --git a/hw/kvm/apic.c b/hw/kvm/apic.c
index dbac7ff..e4a7307 100644
--- a/hw/kvm/apic.c
+++ b/hw/kvm/apic.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         .enabled = enable
     };
 
-    kvm_vcpu_ioctl(s->cpu_env, KVM_TPR_ACCESS_REPORTING, &ctl);
+    kvm_vcpu_ioctl(&s->cpu->env, KVM_TPR_ACCESS_REPORTING, &ctl);
 }
 
 static void kvm_apic_vapic_base_update(APICCommonState *s)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     };
     int ret;
 
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(s->cpu_env, KVM_SET_VAPIC_ADDR, &vapid_addr);
+    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(&s->cpu->env, KVM_SET_VAPIC_ADDR, &vapid_addr);
     if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "KVM: setting VAPIC address failed (%s)\n",
                 strerror(-ret));
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 static void do_inject_external_nmi(void *data)
 {
     APICCommonState *s = data;
-    CPUX86State *env = s->cpu_env;
+    CPUX86State *env = &s->cpu->env;
     uint32_t lvt;
     int ret;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 
 static void kvm_apic_external_nmi(APICCommonState *s)
 {
-    run_on_cpu(s->cpu_env, do_inject_external_nmi, s);
+    run_on_cpu(&s->cpu->env, do_inject_external_nmi, s);
 }
 
 static uint64_t kvm_apic_mem_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index c30cc79..156e919 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@
     qdev_prop_set_uint8(env->apic_state, "id", env->cpuid_apic_id);
     /* TODO: convert to link<> */
     apic = APIC_COMMON(env->apic_state);
-    apic->cpu_env = env;
+    apic->cpu = cpu;
 
     if (qdev_init(env->apic_state)) {
         error_setg(errp, "APIC device '%s' could not be initialized",