diff --git a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
index 5f04400c..1018935a 100644
--- a/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qemu/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static QObject *qobject_input_try_get_object(QObjectInputVisitor *qiv,
 
     if (qobject_type(qobj) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
         assert(name);
-        ret = qdict_get(qobject_to_qdict(qobj), name);
+        ret = qdict_get(qobject_to(QDict, qobj), name);
         if (tos->h && consume && ret) {
             bool removed = g_hash_table_remove(tos->h, name);
             assert(removed);
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ static const QListEntry *qobject_input_push(QObjectInputVisitor *qiv,
 
     if (qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
         h = g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
-        qdict_iter(qobject_to_qdict(obj), qdict_add_key, h);
+        qdict_iter(qobject_to(QDict, obj), qdict_add_key, h);
         tos->h = h;
     } else {
         assert(qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QLIST);
-        tos->entry = qlist_first(qobject_to_qlist(obj));
+        tos->entry = qlist_first(qobject_to(QList, obj));
         tos->index = -1;
     }
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void qobject_input_type_int64(Visitor *v, const char *name, int64_t *obj,
     if (!qobj) {
         return;
     }
-    qnum = qobject_to_qnum(qobj);
+    qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qobj);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_int(qnum, obj)) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
                    full_name(qiv, name), "integer");
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void qobject_input_type_uint64(Visitor *v, const char *name, uint64_t *ob
     if (!qobj) {
         return;
     }
-    qnum = qobject_to_qnum(qobj);
+    qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qobj);
     if (!qnum) {
         goto err;
     }
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static void qobject_input_type_bool(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *obj,
     if (!qobj) {
         return;
     }
-    qbool = qobject_to_qbool(qobj);
+    qbool = qobject_to(QBool, qobj);
     if (!qbool) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
                    full_name(qiv, name), "boolean");
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static void qobject_input_type_str(Visitor *v, const char *name, char **obj,
     if (!qobj) {
         return;
     }
-    qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qobj);
+    qstr = qobject_to(QString, qobj);
     if (!qstr) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
                    full_name(qiv, name), "string");
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static void qobject_input_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
     if (!qobj) {
         return;
     }
-    qnum = qobject_to_qnum(qobj);
+    qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qobj);
     if (!qnum) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
                    full_name(qiv, name), "number");
diff --git a/qemu/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.c b/qemu/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.c
index ba1bac73..d71b0b13 100644
--- a/qemu/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.c
+++ b/qemu/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.c
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ static void qobject_output_add_obj(QObjectOutputVisitor *qov, const char *name,
         switch (qobject_type(cur)) {
         case QTYPE_QDICT:
             assert(name);
-            qdict_put_obj(qobject_to_qdict(cur), name, value);
+            qdict_put_obj(qobject_to(QDict, cur), name, value);
             break;
         case QTYPE_QLIST:
             assert(!name);
-            qlist_append_obj(qobject_to_qlist(cur), value);
+            qlist_append_obj(qobject_to(QList, cur), value);
             break;
         default:
             g_assert_not_reached();
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qbool.c b/qemu/qobject/qbool.c
index e5a7a538..5be6277c 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qbool.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qbool.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ QBool *qobject_to_qbool(const QObject *obj)
  */
 bool qbool_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 {
-    return qobject_to_qbool(x)->value == qobject_to_qbool(y)->value;
+    return qobject_to(QBool, x)->value == qobject_to(QBool, y)->value;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ bool qbool_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    g_free(qobject_to_qbool(obj));
+    g_free(qobject_to(QBool, obj));
 }
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qdict.c b/qemu/qobject/qdict.c
index 7c70bc90..2f268b3b 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qdict.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qdict.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ size_t qdict_size(const QDict *qdict)
  */
 double qdict_get_double(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qnum_get_double(qobject_to_qnum(qdict_get(qdict, key)));
+    return qnum_get_double(qobject_to(QNum, qdict_get(qdict, key)));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ double qdict_get_double(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 int64_t qdict_get_int(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qnum_get_int(qobject_to_qnum(qdict_get(qdict, key)));
+    return qnum_get_int(qobject_to(QNum, qdict_get(qdict, key)));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int64_t qdict_get_int(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 bool qdict_get_bool(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qbool_get_bool(qobject_to_qbool(qdict_get(qdict, key)));
+    return qbool_get_bool(qobject_to(QBool, qdict_get(qdict, key)));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ bool qdict_get_bool(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 QList *qdict_get_qlist(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qobject_to_qlist(qdict_get(qdict, key));
+    return qobject_to(QList, qdict_get(qdict, key));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ QList *qdict_get_qlist(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 QDict *qdict_get_qdict(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qobject_to_qdict(qdict_get(qdict, key));
+    return qobject_to(QDict, qdict_get(qdict, key));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ QDict *qdict_get_qdict(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 const char *qdict_get_str(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    return qstring_get_str(qobject_to_qstring(qdict_get(qdict, key)));
+    return qstring_get_str(qobject_to(QString, qdict_get(qdict, key)));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ const char *qdict_get_str(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 int64_t qdict_get_try_int(const QDict *qdict, const char *key,
                           int64_t def_value)
 {
-    QNum *qnum = qobject_to_qnum(qdict_get(qdict, key));
+    QNum *qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qdict_get(qdict, key));
     int64_t val;
 
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_int(qnum, &val)) {
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int64_t qdict_get_try_int(const QDict *qdict, const char *key,
  */
 bool qdict_get_try_bool(const QDict *qdict, const char *key, int def_value)
 {
-    QBool *qbool = qobject_to_qbool(qdict_get(qdict, key));
+    QBool *qbool = qobject_to(QBool, qdict_get(qdict, key));
 
     return qbool ? qbool_get_bool(qbool) : def_value;
 }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ bool qdict_get_try_bool(const QDict *qdict, const char *key, int def_value)
  */
 const char *qdict_get_try_str(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 {
-    QString *qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qdict_get(qdict, key));
+    QString *qstr = qobject_to(QString, qdict_get(qdict, key));
 
     return qstr ? qstring_get_str(qstr) : NULL;
 }
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ void qdict_del(QDict *qdict, const char *key)
  */
 bool qdict_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 {
-    const QDict *dict_x = qobject_to_qdict(x);
-    const QDict *dict_y = qobject_to_qdict(y);
+    const QDict *dict_x = qobject_to(QDict, x);
+    const QDict *dict_y = qobject_to(QDict, y);
     const QDictEntry *e;
 
     if (qdict_size(dict_x) != qdict_size(dict_y)) {
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
     QDict *qdict;
 
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    qdict = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
+    qdict = qobject_to(QDict, obj);
 
     for (i = 0; i < QDICT_BUCKET_MAX; i++) {
         QDictEntry *entry = QLIST_FIRST(&qdict->table[i]);
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ static void qdict_flatten_qlist(QList *qlist, QDict *target, const char *prefix)
         new_key = g_strdup_printf("%s.%i", prefix, i);
 
         if (qobject_type(value) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
-            qdict_flatten_qdict(qobject_to_qdict(value), target, new_key);
+            qdict_flatten_qdict(qobject_to(QDict, value), target, new_key);
         } else if (qobject_type(value) == QTYPE_QLIST) {
-            qdict_flatten_qlist(qobject_to_qlist(value), target, new_key);
+            qdict_flatten_qlist(qobject_to(QList, value), target, new_key);
         } else {
             /* All other types are moved to the target unchanged. */
             qobject_incref(value);
@@ -535,11 +535,11 @@ static void qdict_flatten_qdict(QDict *qdict, QDict *target, const char *prefix)
         if (qobject_type(value) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
             /* Entries of QDicts are processed recursively, the QDict object
              * itself disappears. */
-            qdict_flatten_qdict(qobject_to_qdict(value), target,
+            qdict_flatten_qdict(qobject_to(QDict, value), target,
                                 new_key ? new_key : entry->key);
             delete = true;
         } else if (qobject_type(value) == QTYPE_QLIST) {
-            qdict_flatten_qlist(qobject_to_qlist(value), target,
+            qdict_flatten_qlist(qobject_to(QList, value), target,
                                 new_key ? new_key : entry->key);
             delete = true;
         } else if (prefix) {
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp)
                 qdict_put_obj(two_level, prefix, child);
             }
             qobject_incref(ent->value);
-            qdict_put_obj(qobject_to_qdict(child), suffix, ent->value);
+            qdict_put_obj(qobject_to(QDict, child), suffix, ent->value);
         } else {
             if (child) {
                 error_setg(errp, "Key %s prefix is already set as a dict",
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp)
          ent = qdict_next(two_level, ent)) {
 
         if (qobject_type(ent->value) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
-            child = qdict_crumple(qobject_to_qdict(ent->value), errp);
+            child = qdict_crumple(qobject_to(QDict, ent->value), errp);
             if (!child) {
                 goto error;
             }
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp)
             }
 
             qobject_incref(child);
-            qlist_append_obj(qobject_to_qlist(dst), child);
+            qlist_append_obj(qobject_to(QList, dst), child);
         }
         QDECREF(multi_level);
         multi_level = NULL;
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qlist.c b/qemu/qobject/qlist.c
index e6da9995..ad40fbce 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qlist.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qlist.c
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ QList *qobject_to_qlist(const QObject *obj)
  */
 bool qlist_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 {
-    const QList *list_x = qobject_to_qlist(x);
-    const QList *list_y = qobject_to_qlist(y);
+    const QList *list_x = qobject_to(QList, x);
+    const QList *list_y = qobject_to(QList, y);
     const QListEntry *entry_x, *entry_y;
 
     entry_x = qlist_first(list_x);
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
     QListEntry *entry, *next_entry;
 
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    qlist = qobject_to_qlist(obj);
+    qlist = qobject_to(QList, obj);
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(entry, &qlist->head, next, next_entry) {
         QTAILQ_REMOVE(&qlist->head, entry, next);
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qlit.c b/qemu/qobject/qlit.c
index 4dcf0fcd..46acdf03 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qlit.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qlit.c
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ bool qlit_equal_qobject(const QLitObject *lhs, const QObject *rhs)
 
     switch (lhs->type) {
     case QTYPE_QBOOL:
-        return lhs->value.qbool == qbool_get_bool(qobject_to_qbool(rhs));
+        return lhs->value.qbool == qbool_get_bool(qobject_to(QBool, rhs));
     case QTYPE_QNUM:
-        return lhs->value.qnum ==  qnum_get_int(qobject_to_qnum(rhs));
+        return lhs->value.qnum ==  qnum_get_int(qobject_to(QNum, rhs));
     case QTYPE_QSTRING:
         return (strcmp(lhs->value.qstr,
-                       qstring_get_str(qobject_to_qstring(rhs))) == 0);
+                       qstring_get_str(qobject_to(QString, rhs))) == 0);
     case QTYPE_QDICT:
-        return qlit_equal_qdict(lhs, qobject_to_qdict(rhs));
+        return qlit_equal_qdict(lhs, qobject_to(QDict, rhs));
     case QTYPE_QLIST:
-        return qlit_equal_qlist(lhs, qobject_to_qlist(rhs));
+        return qlit_equal_qlist(lhs, qobject_to(QList, rhs));
     case QTYPE_QNULL:
         return true;
     default:
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qnum.c b/qemu/qobject/qnum.c
index 60c395c1..ea091cfa 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qnum.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qnum.c
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ QNum *qobject_to_qnum(const QObject *obj)
  */
 bool qnum_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 {
-    QNum *num_x = qobject_to_qnum(x);
-    QNum *num_y = qobject_to_qnum(y);
+    QNum *num_x = qobject_to(QNum, x);
+    QNum *num_y = qobject_to(QNum, y);
 
     switch (num_x->kind) {
     case QNUM_I64:
@@ -271,5 +271,5 @@ bool qnum_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 void qnum_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    g_free(qobject_to_qnum(obj));
+    g_free(qobject_to(QNum, obj));
 }
diff --git a/qemu/qobject/qstring.c b/qemu/qobject/qstring.c
index 06f0da80..0a09895e 100644
--- a/qemu/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qemu/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ const char *qstring_get_str(const QString *qstring)
  */
 bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 {
-    return !strcmp(qobject_to_qstring(x)->string,
-                   qobject_to_qstring(y)->string);
+    return !strcmp(qobject_to(QString, x)->string,
+                   qobject_to(QString, y)->string);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
     QString *qs;
 
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    qs = qobject_to_qstring(obj);
+    qs = qobject_to(QString, obj);
     g_free(qs->string);
     g_free(qs);
 }
diff --git a/qemu/qom/object.c b/qemu/qom/object.c
index 306c5743..3553b63d 100644
--- a/qemu/qom/object.c
+++ b/qemu/qom/object.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ char *object_property_get_str(struct uc_struct *uc, Object *obj, const char *nam
     if (!ret) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    qstring = qobject_to_qstring(ret);
+    qstring = qobject_to(QString, ret);
     if (!qstring) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "string");
         retval = NULL;
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ bool object_property_get_bool(struct uc_struct *uc, Object *obj, const char *nam
     if (!ret) {
         return false;
     }
-    qbool = qobject_to_qbool(ret);
+    qbool = qobject_to(QBool, ret);
     if (!qbool) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "boolean");
         retval = false;
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ int64_t object_property_get_int(struct uc_struct *uc, Object *obj, const char *n
         return -1;
     }
 
-    qnum = qobject_to_qnum(ret);
+    qnum = qobject_to(QNum, ret);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_int(qnum, &retval)) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "int");
         retval = -1;
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ uint64_t object_property_get_uint(struct uc_struct *uc, Object *obj,
     if (!ret) {
         return 0;
     }
-    qnum = qobject_to_qnum(ret);
+    qnum = qobject_to(QNum, ret);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_uint(qnum, &retval)) {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "uint");
         retval = 0;