diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 7c8c81b0cc463c1787c2b18884a54bfd05763ab8..38984ab439931fb849826542b1b6e0002a43ba30 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ static int s390_virtio_blk_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
 {
     VirtIOBlkS390 *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_S390(s390_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
-    virtio_blk_set_conf(vdev, &(dev->blk));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&s390_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
@@ -180,6 +179,7 @@ static void s390_virtio_blk_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIOBlkS390 *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_S390(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }
 
 static int s390_virtio_serial_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
@@ -513,18 +513,11 @@ static const TypeInfo s390_virtio_net = {
     .class_init    = s390_virtio_net_class_init,
 };
 
-static Property s390_virtio_blk_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_PROPERTIES(VirtIOBlkS390, blk),
-    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-};
-
 static void s390_virtio_blk_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
-    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtIOS390DeviceClass *k = VIRTIO_S390_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     k->init = s390_virtio_blk_init;
-    dc->props = s390_virtio_blk_properties;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo s390_virtio_blk = {
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.h b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.h
index ac81bd89eee52cdae2d31910d8ddb8b1f43ac3e8..ffd0df708b2dbe9b018646aa3d9d2ade0dee4708 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ void s390_virtio_reset_idx(VirtIOS390Device *dev);
 typedef struct VirtIOBlkS390 {
     VirtIOS390Device parent_obj;
     VirtIOBlock vdev;
-    VirtIOBlkConf blk;
 } VirtIOBlkS390;
 
 /* virtio-scsi-s390 */
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index d7ff0a09290150ff0947bef4de559f8635faf177..9fa6f32d93d341d2c593445a04d55602503c8a4d 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -800,7 +800,6 @@ static int virtio_ccw_blk_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
 {
     VirtIOBlkCcw *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_CCW(ccw_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
-    virtio_blk_set_conf(vdev, &(dev->blk));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&ccw_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
@@ -814,6 +813,7 @@ static void virtio_ccw_blk_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIOBlkCcw *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_CCW(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }
 
 static int virtio_ccw_serial_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
@@ -1400,7 +1400,6 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_ccw_net = {
 static Property virtio_ccw_blk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("devno", VirtioCcwDevice, bus_id),
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(VirtioCcwDevice, host_features[0]),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_PROPERTIES(VirtIOBlkCcw, blk),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", VirtioCcwDevice, flags,
                     VIRTIO_CCW_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
index b8b8a8abaaf48a080d7be618d1eb5f48401246d7..5a1f16ee5df8365a9e8ae20a02d66417ff7dde37 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ typedef struct VHostSCSICcw {
 typedef struct VirtIOBlkCcw {
     VirtioCcwDevice parent_obj;
     VirtIOBlock vdev;
-    VirtIOBlkConf blk;
 } VirtIOBlkCcw;
 
 /* virtio-balloon-ccw */
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 653d74e801e82e91d5752ec6247f646366d4fe88..7359d8d354dd434960e6f14744ee713b8497080e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,6 @@ static Property virtio_blk_pci_properties[] = {
                     VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_USE_IOEVENTFD_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 2),
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_BLK_PROPERTIES(VirtIOBlkPCI, blk),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
@@ -1075,7 +1074,6 @@ static int virtio_blk_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
 {
     VirtIOBlkPCI *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
-    virtio_blk_set_conf(vdev, &(dev->blk));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
     if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
@@ -1103,6 +1101,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIOBlkPCI *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_PCI(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo virtio_blk_pci_info = {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
index dc332ae774cc8050a096d53b97c0e00b59c70ea8..1cea157a47400308995639fb09747ce04cf2a58c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ struct VHostSCSIPCI {
 struct VirtIOBlkPCI {
     VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
     VirtIOBlock vdev;
-    VirtIOBlkConf blk;
 };
 
 /*