diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index d6ab70cae2..2ef5e04b37 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-misc.h"
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
 
-extern Monitor *cur_mon;
+extern __thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 /* flags for monitor_init */
 /* 0x01 unused */
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index be29634a00..f75027b09e 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static mon_cmd_t info_cmds[];
 
 QmpCommandList qmp_commands, qmp_cap_negotiation_commands;
 
-Monitor *cur_mon;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 static void monitor_command_cb(void *opaque, const char *cmdline,
                                void *readline_opaque);
diff --git a/qapi/introspect.json b/qapi/introspect.json
index c7f67b7d78..137b39b992 100644
--- a/qapi/introspect.json
+++ b/qapi/introspect.json
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@
 #
 # @ret-type: the name of the command's result type.
 #
-# @allow-oob: whether the command allows out-of-band execution.
-#             (Since: 2.12)
+# @allow-oob: whether the command allows out-of-band execution,
+#             defaults to false (Since: 2.12)
 #
 # TODO: @success-response (currently irrelevant, because it's QGA, not QMP)
 #
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 ##
 { 'struct': 'SchemaInfoCommand',
   'data': { 'arg-type': 'str', 'ret-type': 'str',
-            'allow-oob': 'bool' } }
+            '*allow-oob': 'bool' } }
 
 ##
 # @SchemaInfoEvent:
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/introspect.py b/scripts/qapi/introspect.py
index 70ca5dd876..189a4edaba 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/introspect.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/introspect.py
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ const QLitObject %(c_name)s = %(c_string)s;
                       success_response, boxed, allow_oob, allow_preconfig):
         arg_type = arg_type or self._schema.the_empty_object_type
         ret_type = ret_type or self._schema.the_empty_object_type
-        self._gen_qlit(name, 'command',
-                       {'arg-type': self._use_type(arg_type),
-                        'ret-type': self._use_type(ret_type),
-                        'allow-oob': allow_oob},
-                       ifcond)
+        obj = {'arg-type': self._use_type(arg_type),
+               'ret-type': self._use_type(ret_type) }
+        if allow_oob:
+            obj['allow-oob'] = allow_oob
+        self._gen_qlit(name, 'command', obj, ifcond)
 
     def visit_event(self, name, info, ifcond, arg_type, boxed):
         arg_type = arg_type or self._schema.the_empty_object_type
diff --git a/stubs/monitor.c b/stubs/monitor.c
index e018c8f594..3890771bb5 100644
--- a/stubs/monitor.c
+++ b/stubs/monitor.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
-Monitor *cur_mon = NULL;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/tests/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
index acadd85e8f..6195a3ac36 100644
--- a/tests/test-util-sockets.c
+++ b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
  * stubs/monitor.c is defined, to make sure monitor.o is discarded
  * otherwise we get duplicate syms at link time.
  */
-Monitor *cur_mon;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags) {}