diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index 3e44779107d71e019864f940e99b6f477c9b31fa..d83de2a46e5068e71281783622fcc1636a05d4f1 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
     qemu_spice_input_init();
     qemu_spice_audio_init();
 
-    qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(vm_change_state_handler, &spice_server);
+    qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(vm_change_state_handler, NULL);
 
     g_free(x509_key_file);
     g_free(x509_cert_file);
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ int qemu_spice_add_interface(SpiceBaseInstance *sin)
          */
         spice_server = spice_server_new();
         spice_server_init(spice_server, &core_interface);
-        qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(vm_change_state_handler,
-                                         &spice_server);
+        qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(vm_change_state_handler, NULL);
     }
 
     return spice_server_add_interface(spice_server, sin);