diff --git a/hw/acpi/piix4.c b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
index 13895ad584778bdf5cc17e70c2aadd0d085f0b5a..b730ca6cedee36575ac3a605a993b1e88cc11d88 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
@@ -503,8 +503,7 @@ Object *piix4_pm_find(void)
 
 I2CBus *piix4_pm_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base,
                       qemu_irq sci_irq, qemu_irq smi_irq,
-                      int kvm_enabled, FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
-                      DeviceState **piix4_pm)
+                      int kvm_enabled, DeviceState **piix4_pm)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
     PIIX4PMState *s;
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 6e7fa424b16d0c12787874b6f73c2e6d590c1a6f..0688f0c52f68676154d2460f3ae1811f59273206 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
     MemoryRegion *pci_memory;
     MemoryRegion *rom_memory;
     DeviceState *icc_bridge;
-    FWCfgState *fw_cfg = NULL;
     PcGuestInfo *guest_info;
     ram_addr_t lowmem;
 
@@ -180,16 +179,16 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
 
     /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
     if (!xen_enabled()) {
-        fw_cfg = pc_memory_init(machine, system_memory,
-                                below_4g_mem_size, above_4g_mem_size,
-                                rom_memory, &ram_memory, guest_info);
+        pc_memory_init(machine, system_memory,
+                       below_4g_mem_size, above_4g_mem_size,
+                       rom_memory, &ram_memory, guest_info);
     } else if (machine->kernel_filename != NULL) {
         /* For xen HVM direct kernel boot, load linux here */
-        fw_cfg = xen_load_linux(machine->kernel_filename,
-                                machine->kernel_cmdline,
-                                machine->initrd_filename,
-                                below_4g_mem_size,
-                                guest_info);
+        xen_load_linux(machine->kernel_filename,
+                       machine->kernel_cmdline,
+                       machine->initrd_filename,
+                       below_4g_mem_size,
+                       guest_info);
     }
 
     gsi_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(*gsi_state));
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
         /* TODO: Populate SPD eeprom data.  */
         smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix3_devfn + 3, 0xb100,
                               gsi[9], *smi_irq,
-                              kvm_enabled(), fw_cfg, &piix4_pm);
+                              kvm_enabled(), &piix4_pm);
         smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, NULL, 0);
 
         object_property_add_link(OBJECT(machine), PC_MACHINE_ACPI_DEVICE_PROP,
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index 482250d85d759f00acbd2a64d6c60d6f1ca189de..5140882c00d97b3c5128311783d5750c0f6165f2 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
     pci_piix4_ide_init(pci_bus, hd, piix4_devfn + 1);
     pci_create_simple(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 2, "piix4-usb-uhci");
     smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 3, 0x1100,
-                          isa_get_irq(NULL, 9), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+                          isa_get_irq(NULL, 9), NULL, 0, NULL);
     smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, smbus_eeprom_buf, smbus_eeprom_size);
     g_free(smbus_eeprom_buf);
     pit = pit_init(isa_bus, 0x40, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 27bd748eab20e16c11594526a621240f62afbf57..0d501c9368b1a0dfd3182e48f961fb2642a59cba 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ void ioapic_init_gsi(GSIState *gsi_state, const char *parent_name);
 
 I2CBus *piix4_pm_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base,
                       qemu_irq sci_irq, qemu_irq smi_irq,
-                      int kvm_enabled, FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
-                      DeviceState **piix4_pm);
+                      int kvm_enabled, DeviceState **piix4_pm);
 void piix4_smbus_register_device(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t addr);
 
 /* hpet.c */