diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
index d9256e4268778d06505f076c6a48ad8213d2fb44..836d078866bdf00be53694b10be2dc6a81a67199 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ typedef struct QBool {
 QBool *qbool_from_bool(bool value);
 bool qbool_get_bool(const QBool *qb);
 QBool *qobject_to_qbool(const QObject *obj);
+void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QBOOL_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
index 787c658967ce3a42256d4741adaf4f55b48a9e0c..6c2a0e501ef279bab1d9b5024627e931d3575cb3 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void qdict_iter(const QDict *qdict,
                 void *opaque);
 const QDictEntry *qdict_first(const QDict *qdict);
 const QDictEntry *qdict_next(const QDict *qdict, const QDictEntry *entry);
+void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 /* Helper to qdict_put_obj(), accepts any object */
 #define qdict_put(qdict, key, obj) \
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qfloat.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qfloat.h
index 46745e50d146ae86011a88b55571605c389085ad..a8af2a89b257570bafdfb7dd7373eefcec988ad5 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qfloat.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qfloat.h
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ typedef struct QFloat {
 QFloat *qfloat_from_double(double value);
 double qfloat_get_double(const QFloat *qi);
 QFloat *qobject_to_qfloat(const QObject *obj);
+void qfloat_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QFLOAT_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qint.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qint.h
index 339a9abb8fbe860b28b6fda83806bf20c899d720..049e5280792289a64e580f2a1a41976386e22f73 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qint.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qint.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ typedef struct QInt {
 QInt *qint_from_int(int64_t value);
 int64_t qint_get_int(const QInt *qi);
 QInt *qobject_to_qint(const QObject *obj);
+void qint_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QINT_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
index b1bf7852c5e4917465f34d85eecafa02fae5d2d3..a84117ecb151f8e8cc110b38a01f0a2b62e0adde 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ QObject *qlist_peek(QList *qlist);
 int qlist_empty(const QList *qlist);
 size_t qlist_size(const QList *qlist);
 QList *qobject_to_qlist(const QObject *obj);
+void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 static inline const QListEntry *qlist_first(const QList *qlist)
 {
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
index 4b96ed5837212e18c62fbed10cab89668f99a14a..550ba40ddecc26fd894895e6e984e660eff15cd1 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
@@ -47,15 +47,8 @@ typedef enum {
     QTYPE_MAX,
 } qtype_code;
 
-struct QObject;
-
-typedef struct QType {
-    qtype_code code;
-    void (*destroy)(struct QObject *);
-} QType;
-
 typedef struct QObject {
-    const QType *type;
+    qtype_code type;
     size_t refcnt;
 } QObject;
 
@@ -71,9 +64,12 @@ typedef struct QObject {
     qobject_decref(obj ? QOBJECT(obj) : NULL)
 
 /* Initialize an object to default values */
-#define QOBJECT_INIT(obj, qtype_type)   \
-    obj->base.refcnt = 1;               \
-    obj->base.type   = qtype_type
+static inline void qobject_init(QObject *obj, qtype_code type)
+{
+    assert(QTYPE_NONE < type && type < QTYPE_MAX);
+    obj->refcnt = 1;
+    obj->type = type;
+}
 
 /**
  * qobject_incref(): Increment QObject's reference count
@@ -84,6 +80,11 @@ static inline void qobject_incref(QObject *obj)
         obj->refcnt++;
 }
 
+/**
+ * qobject_destroy(): Free resources used by the object
+ */
+void qobject_destroy(QObject *obj);
+
 /**
  * qobject_decref(): Decrement QObject's reference count, deallocate
  * when it reaches zero
@@ -92,9 +93,7 @@ static inline void qobject_decref(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(!obj || obj->refcnt);
     if (obj && --obj->refcnt == 0) {
-        assert(obj->type != NULL);
-        assert(obj->type->destroy != NULL);
-        obj->type->destroy(obj);
+        qobject_destroy(obj);
     }
 }
 
@@ -103,8 +102,8 @@ static inline void qobject_decref(QObject *obj)
  */
 static inline qtype_code qobject_type(const QObject *obj)
 {
-    assert(obj->type != NULL);
-    return obj->type->code;
+    assert(QTYPE_NONE < obj->type && obj->type < QTYPE_MAX);
+    return obj->type;
 }
 
 extern QObject qnull_;
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
index 34675a7fc03827780b18ba3265b2e63f6cd6ed98..df7df558b22b54e637cfecfa0c06fde8f4d3f756 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ void qstring_append_int(QString *qstring, int64_t value);
 void qstring_append(QString *qstring, const char *str);
 void qstring_append_chr(QString *qstring, int c);
 QString *qobject_to_qstring(const QObject *obj);
+void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QSTRING_H */
diff --git a/qobject/Makefile.objs b/qobject/Makefile.objs
index 0031e8b6919358f97ffd9514e832003c1cf702b1..bed55084bbd7a37c08839643bad9575c4878c0b2 100644
--- a/qobject/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qobject/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 util-obj-y = qnull.o qint.o qstring.o qdict.o qlist.o qfloat.o qbool.o
-util-obj-y += qjson.o json-lexer.o json-streamer.o json-parser.o
+util-obj-y += qjson.o qobject.o json-lexer.o json-streamer.o json-parser.o
diff --git a/qobject/qbool.c b/qobject/qbool.c
index bc6535fa49a5ab2af39732d44c8a22fe751a7036..856c7433577041982950b6ca14cbbefed9b42696 100644
--- a/qobject/qbool.c
+++ b/qobject/qbool.c
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qbool_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QBOOL,
-    .destroy = qbool_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 /**
  * qbool_from_bool(): Create a new QBool from a bool
  *
@@ -32,8 +25,8 @@ QBool *qbool_from_bool(bool value)
     QBool *qb;
 
     qb = g_malloc(sizeof(*qb));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qb), QTYPE_QBOOL);
     qb->value = value;
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qb, &qbool_type);
 
     return qb;
 }
@@ -61,7 +54,7 @@ QBool *qobject_to_qbool(const QObject *obj)
  * qbool_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a
  * QBool object
  */
-static void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(obj != NULL);
     g_free(qobject_to_qbool(obj));
diff --git a/qobject/qdict.c b/qobject/qdict.c
index 2d67bf157951ad50d303736ab85532c772691a12..eeade159ccfb89796486180d002640558d7b6211 100644
--- a/qobject/qdict.c
+++ b/qobject/qdict.c
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qdict_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QDICT,
-    .destroy = qdict_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 /**
  * qdict_new(): Create a new QDict
  *
@@ -36,7 +29,7 @@ QDict *qdict_new(void)
     QDict *qdict;
 
     qdict = g_malloc0(sizeof(*qdict));
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qdict, &qdict_type);
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qdict), QTYPE_QDICT);
 
     return qdict;
 }
@@ -441,7 +434,7 @@ void qdict_del(QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 /**
  * qdict_destroy_obj(): Free all the memory allocated by a QDict
  */
-static void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     int i;
     QDict *qdict;
diff --git a/qobject/qfloat.c b/qobject/qfloat.c
index c86516327f97b1d9a5bd50077d0138da23d9d212..87d89a772122eeed4cafb5f6f7899f44a8fffdfd 100644
--- a/qobject/qfloat.c
+++ b/qobject/qfloat.c
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qfloat_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qfloat_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QFLOAT,
-    .destroy = qfloat_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 /**
  * qfloat_from_int(): Create a new QFloat from a float
  *
@@ -32,8 +25,8 @@ QFloat *qfloat_from_double(double value)
     QFloat *qf;
 
     qf = g_malloc(sizeof(*qf));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qf), QTYPE_QFLOAT);
     qf->value = value;
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qf, &qfloat_type);
 
     return qf;
 }
@@ -61,7 +54,7 @@ QFloat *qobject_to_qfloat(const QObject *obj)
  * qfloat_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a
  * QFloat object
  */
-static void qfloat_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qfloat_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(obj != NULL);
     g_free(qobject_to_qfloat(obj));
diff --git a/qobject/qint.c b/qobject/qint.c
index 999688e9ce56ff042538120d326e16e8a5359f35..7cba9adf40c0b85570ec89f5c07e78e2d65db5f3 100644
--- a/qobject/qint.c
+++ b/qobject/qint.c
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qint_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qint_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QINT,
-    .destroy = qint_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 /**
  * qint_from_int(): Create a new QInt from an int64_t
  *
@@ -31,8 +24,8 @@ QInt *qint_from_int(int64_t value)
     QInt *qi;
 
     qi = g_malloc(sizeof(*qi));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qi), QTYPE_QINT);
     qi->value = value;
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qi, &qint_type);
 
     return qi;
 }
@@ -60,7 +53,7 @@ QInt *qobject_to_qint(const QObject *obj)
  * qint_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a
  * QInt object
  */
-static void qint_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qint_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(obj != NULL);
     g_free(qobject_to_qint(obj));
diff --git a/qobject/qlist.c b/qobject/qlist.c
index 298003aaf761280e3e523f22cd59606d34f786ff..3c045aed11e95b3b4af9662b34c5e38c1b572cd7 100644
--- a/qobject/qlist.c
+++ b/qobject/qlist.c
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qlist_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QLIST,
-    .destroy = qlist_destroy_obj,
-};
- 
 /**
  * qlist_new(): Create a new QList
  *
@@ -32,8 +25,8 @@ QList *qlist_new(void)
     QList *qlist;
 
     qlist = g_malloc(sizeof(*qlist));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qlist), QTYPE_QLIST);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&qlist->head);
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qlist, &qlist_type);
 
     return qlist;
 }
@@ -151,7 +144,7 @@ QList *qobject_to_qlist(const QObject *obj)
 /**
  * qlist_destroy_obj(): Free all the memory allocated by a QList
  */
-static void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     QList *qlist;
     QListEntry *entry, *next_entry;
diff --git a/qobject/qnull.c b/qobject/qnull.c
index 9873e266e616ed5082113039c7bdb30616c131da..5f7ba4d01a9dafef9ce5f93a0c9561ffffaa4ab7 100644
--- a/qobject/qnull.c
+++ b/qobject/qnull.c
@@ -13,17 +13,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 
-static void qnull_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
-{
-    assert(0);
-}
-
-static const QType qnull_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QNULL,
-    .destroy = qnull_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 QObject qnull_ = {
-    .type = &qnull_type,
+    .type = QTYPE_QNULL,
     .refcnt = 1,
 };
diff --git a/qobject/qobject.c b/qobject/qobject.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1df315ab013dac5fb4513a519881a0e4899ed932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qobject/qobject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * QObject
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1
+ * or later.  See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qfloat.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qint.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+
+static void (*qdestroy[QTYPE_MAX])(QObject *) = {
+    [QTYPE_NONE] = NULL,               /* No such object exists */
+    [QTYPE_QNULL] = NULL,              /* qnull_ is indestructible */
+    [QTYPE_QINT] = qint_destroy_obj,
+    [QTYPE_QSTRING] = qstring_destroy_obj,
+    [QTYPE_QDICT] = qdict_destroy_obj,
+    [QTYPE_QLIST] = qlist_destroy_obj,
+    [QTYPE_QFLOAT] = qfloat_destroy_obj,
+    [QTYPE_QBOOL] = qbool_destroy_obj,
+};
+
+void qobject_destroy(QObject *obj)
+{
+    assert(!obj->refcnt);
+    assert(QTYPE_QNULL < obj->type && obj->type < QTYPE_MAX);
+    qdestroy[obj->type](obj);
+}
diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index cb72dfbfc8ca0bb0fcdf99f6b4572f8fdf135568..f44c5c424d1ed9cbb0b343b0647a74ea991f24f0 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-static void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
-
-static const QType qstring_type = {
-    .code = QTYPE_QSTRING,
-    .destroy = qstring_destroy_obj,
-};
-
 /**
  * qstring_new(): Create a new empty QString
  *
@@ -49,6 +42,7 @@ QString *qstring_from_substr(const char *str, int start, int end)
     QString *qstring;
 
     qstring = g_malloc(sizeof(*qstring));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qstring), QTYPE_QSTRING);
 
     qstring->length = end - start + 1;
     qstring->capacity = qstring->length;
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ QString *qstring_from_substr(const char *str, int start, int end)
     memcpy(qstring->string, str + start, qstring->length);
     qstring->string[qstring->length] = 0;
 
-    QOBJECT_INIT(qstring, &qstring_type);
 
     return qstring;
 }
@@ -138,7 +131,7 @@ const char *qstring_get_str(const QString *qstring)
  * qstring_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a QString
  * object
  */
-static void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
+void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     QString *qs;