diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv_xscom.c b/hw/ppc/pnv_xscom.c
index e51d634f406206f525b4e51e3ce69473445259c5..99c40efecdf9fd346e06115a9f894c33a2d99b98 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv_xscom.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv_xscom.c
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ static void xscom_complete(CPUState *cs, uint64_t hmer_bits)
 
 static uint32_t pnv_xscom_pcba(PnvChip *chip, uint64_t addr)
 {
-    PnvChipClass *pcc = PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip);
-
     addr &= (PNV_XSCOM_SIZE - 1);
-    if (pcc->chip_type == PNV_CHIP_POWER9) {
+
+    if (pnv_chip_is_power9(chip)) {
         return addr >> 3;
     } else {
         return ((addr >> 4) & ~0xfull) | ((addr >> 3) & 0xf);
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@ int pnv_dt_xscom(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt, int root_offset)
     int xscom_offset;
     ForeachPopulateArgs args;
     char *name;
-    PnvChipClass *pcc = PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip);
 
     name = g_strdup_printf("xscom@%" PRIx64, be64_to_cpu(reg[0]));
     xscom_offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, root_offset, name);
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ int pnv_dt_xscom(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt, int root_offset)
     _FDT((fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, xscom_offset, "#size-cells", 1)));
     _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, xscom_offset, "reg", reg, sizeof(reg))));
 
-    if (pcc->chip_type == PNV_CHIP_POWER9) {
+    if (pnv_chip_is_power9(chip)) {
         _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, xscom_offset, "compatible", compat_p9,
                           sizeof(compat_p9))));
     } else {
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h b/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
index 61896f9fd767bd4599bbf8ca9bcffcea21b7d3a6..f023f1ec99c00676c17931aa25d04fd45426e356 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ typedef struct PnvMachineState {
     Notifier     powerdown_notifier;
 } PnvMachineState;
 
+static inline bool pnv_chip_is_power9(const PnvChip *chip)
+{
+    return PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip)->chip_type == PNV_CHIP_POWER9;
+}
+
+static inline bool pnv_is_power9(PnvMachineState *pnv)
+{
+    return pnv_chip_is_power9(pnv->chips[0]);
+}
+
 #define PNV_FDT_ADDR          0x01000000
 #define PNV_TIMEBASE_FREQ     512000000ULL