diff --git a/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_sim.c b/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_sim.c
index 55fb81fa5a..905e091094 100644
--- a/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_sim.c
+++ b/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_sim.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ struct IPMIBmcSim {
     uint8_t  watchdog_use;
     uint8_t  watchdog_action;
     uint8_t  watchdog_pretimeout; /* In seconds */
-    bool     watchdog_expired;
+    uint8_t  watchdog_expired;
     uint16_t watchdog_timeout; /* in 100's of milliseconds */
 
     bool     watchdog_running;
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_ipmi_sim = {
         VMSTATE_UINT8(watchdog_use, IPMIBmcSim),
         VMSTATE_UINT8(watchdog_action, IPMIBmcSim),
         VMSTATE_UINT8(watchdog_pretimeout, IPMIBmcSim),
-        VMSTATE_BOOL(watchdog_expired, IPMIBmcSim),
+        VMSTATE_UINT8(watchdog_expired, IPMIBmcSim),
         VMSTATE_UINT16(watchdog_timeout, IPMIBmcSim),
         VMSTATE_BOOL(watchdog_running, IPMIBmcSim),
         VMSTATE_BOOL(watchdog_preaction_ran, IPMIBmcSim),