diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index c96101aa7c84880760f3bc3922e1bff820652320..f5f327c1735dc59cee16e7c6791317419ede63a4 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -896,44 +896,17 @@ static void virtio_ccw_balloon_realize(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static void balloon_ccw_stats_get_all(Object *obj, struct Visitor *v,
-                                      void *opaque, const char *name,
-                                      Error **errp)
-{
-    VirtIOBalloonCcw *dev = opaque;
-    object_property_get(OBJECT(&dev->vdev), v, "guest-stats", errp);
-}
-
-static void balloon_ccw_stats_get_poll_interval(Object *obj, struct Visitor *v,
-                                                void *opaque, const char *name,
-                                                Error **errp)
-{
-    VirtIOBalloonCcw *dev = opaque;
-    object_property_get(OBJECT(&dev->vdev), v, "guest-stats-polling-interval",
-                        errp);
-}
-
-static void balloon_ccw_stats_set_poll_interval(Object *obj, struct Visitor *v,
-                                                void *opaque, const char *name,
-                                                Error **errp)
-{
-    VirtIOBalloonCcw *dev = opaque;
-    object_property_set(OBJECT(&dev->vdev), v, "guest-stats-polling-interval",
-                        errp);
-}
-
 static void virtio_ccw_balloon_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     VirtIOBalloonCcw *dev = VIRTIO_BALLOON_CCW(obj);
+
     virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
                                 TYPE_VIRTIO_BALLOON);
-    object_property_add(obj, "guest-stats", "guest statistics",
-                        balloon_ccw_stats_get_all, NULL, NULL, dev, NULL);
-
-    object_property_add(obj, "guest-stats-polling-interval", "int",
-                        balloon_ccw_stats_get_poll_interval,
-                        balloon_ccw_stats_set_poll_interval,
-                        NULL, dev, NULL);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "guest-stats", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "guest-stats", &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "guest-stats-polling-interval",
+                              OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "guest-stats-polling-interval", &error_abort);
 }
 
 static void virtio_ccw_scsi_realize(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev, Error **errp)