diff --git a/target/i386/sev.c b/target/i386/sev.c
index 6525b3c1a0..c3daaf1ad5 100644
--- a/target/i386/sev.c
+++ b/target/i386/sev.c
@@ -795,7 +795,9 @@ sev_launch_get_measure(Notifier *notifier, void *unused)
 
 static char *sev_get_launch_measurement(void)
 {
-    SevGuestState *sev_guest = SEV_GUEST(MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->cgs);
+    ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->cgs;
+    SevGuestState *sev_guest =
+        (SevGuestState *)object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(cgs), TYPE_SEV_GUEST);
 
     if (sev_guest &&
         SEV_COMMON(sev_guest)->state >= SEV_STATE_LAUNCH_SECRET) {