diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index efbd41a1f1e09b4c132b6ee4409bce6be5b06b8c..01eefa3e091038ce9dcf481961237482c8f9e93e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1935,10 +1935,10 @@ static void pc_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
 
 static unsigned pc_cpu_index_to_socket_id(unsigned cpu_index)
 {
-    unsigned pkg_id, core_id, smt_id;
+    X86CPUTopoInfo topo;
     x86_topo_ids_from_idx(smp_cores, smp_threads, cpu_index,
-                          &pkg_id, &core_id, &smt_id);
-    return pkg_id;
+                          &topo);
+    return topo.pkg_id;
 }
 
 static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/topology.h b/include/hw/i386/topology.h
index 9c6f3a937a732dc6b1e2bf20636be143bb5ed23f..148cc1bbc833a32930697102465ce7e7eee2ce26 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/topology.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/topology.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
  */
 typedef uint32_t apic_id_t;
 
+typedef struct X86CPUTopoInfo {
+    unsigned pkg_id;
+    unsigned core_id;
+    unsigned smt_id;
+} X86CPUTopoInfo;
+
 /* Return the bit width needed for 'count' IDs
  */
 static unsigned apicid_bitwidth_for_count(unsigned count)
@@ -92,13 +98,11 @@ static inline unsigned apicid_pkg_offset(unsigned nr_cores, unsigned nr_threads)
  */
 static inline apic_id_t apicid_from_topo_ids(unsigned nr_cores,
                                              unsigned nr_threads,
-                                             unsigned pkg_id,
-                                             unsigned core_id,
-                                             unsigned smt_id)
+                                             const X86CPUTopoInfo *topo)
 {
-    return (pkg_id  << apicid_pkg_offset(nr_cores, nr_threads)) |
-           (core_id << apicid_core_offset(nr_cores, nr_threads)) |
-           smt_id;
+    return (topo->pkg_id  << apicid_pkg_offset(nr_cores, nr_threads)) |
+           (topo->core_id << apicid_core_offset(nr_cores, nr_threads)) |
+           topo->smt_id;
 }
 
 /* Calculate thread/core/package IDs for a specific topology,
@@ -107,14 +111,12 @@ static inline apic_id_t apicid_from_topo_ids(unsigned nr_cores,
 static inline void x86_topo_ids_from_idx(unsigned nr_cores,
                                          unsigned nr_threads,
                                          unsigned cpu_index,
-                                         unsigned *pkg_id,
-                                         unsigned *core_id,
-                                         unsigned *smt_id)
+                                         X86CPUTopoInfo *topo)
 {
     unsigned core_index = cpu_index / nr_threads;
-    *smt_id = cpu_index % nr_threads;
-    *core_id = core_index % nr_cores;
-    *pkg_id = core_index / nr_cores;
+    topo->smt_id = cpu_index % nr_threads;
+    topo->core_id = core_index % nr_cores;
+    topo->pkg_id = core_index / nr_cores;
 }
 
 /* Make APIC ID for the CPU 'cpu_index'
@@ -125,10 +127,9 @@ static inline apic_id_t x86_apicid_from_cpu_idx(unsigned nr_cores,
                                                 unsigned nr_threads,
                                                 unsigned cpu_index)
 {
-    unsigned pkg_id, core_id, smt_id;
-    x86_topo_ids_from_idx(nr_cores, nr_threads, cpu_index,
-                          &pkg_id, &core_id, &smt_id);
-    return apicid_from_topo_ids(nr_cores, nr_threads, pkg_id, core_id, smt_id);
+    X86CPUTopoInfo topo;
+    x86_topo_ids_from_idx(nr_cores, nr_threads, cpu_index, &topo);
+    return apicid_from_topo_ids(nr_cores, nr_threads, &topo);
 }
 
 #endif /* HW_I386_TOPOLOGY_H */