diff --git a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
index 505b44c4e6..82591e3e07 100644
--- a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
+++ b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(ViaISAState, VIA_ISA)
 
 struct ViaISAState {
     PCIDevice dev;
+
+    IRQState i8259_irq;
     qemu_irq cpu_intr;
     qemu_irq *isa_irqs_in;
     uint16_t irq_state[ISA_NUM_IRQS];
@@ -715,13 +717,12 @@ static void via_isa_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     ViaISAState *s = VIA_ISA(d);
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(d);
     PCIBus *pci_bus = pci_get_bus(d);
-    qemu_irq *isa_irq;
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     int i;
 
     qdev_init_gpio_out_named(dev, &s->cpu_intr, "intr", 1);
     qdev_init_gpio_in_named(dev, via_isa_pirq, "pirq", PCI_NUM_PINS);
-    isa_irq = qemu_allocate_irqs(via_isa_request_i8259_irq, s, 1);
+    qemu_init_irq(&s->i8259_irq, via_isa_request_i8259_irq, s, 0);
     isa_bus = isa_bus_new(dev, pci_address_space(d), pci_address_space_io(d),
                           errp);
 
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ static void via_isa_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    s->isa_irqs_in = i8259_init(isa_bus, *isa_irq);
+    s->isa_irqs_in = i8259_init(isa_bus, &s->i8259_irq);
     isa_bus_register_input_irqs(isa_bus, s->isa_irqs_in);
     i8254_pit_init(isa_bus, 0x40, 0, NULL);
     i8257_dma_init(OBJECT(d), isa_bus, 0);