diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
index 9ddd5ad..3213f9f 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-emulated.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int init_event_notifier(EmulatedState *card)
         DPRINTF(card, 2, "event notifier creation failed\n");
         return -1;
     }
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&card->notifier, card_event_handler);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&card->notifier, false, card_event_handler);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index f745c4a..fffa09f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1775,10 +1775,10 @@ void virtio_queue_set_guest_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                 bool with_irqfd)
 {
     if (assign && !with_irqfd) {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier,
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, false,
                                    virtio_queue_guest_notifier_read);
     } else {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, NULL);
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->guest_notifier, false, NULL);
     }
     if (!assign) {
         /* Test and clear notifier before closing it,
@@ -1829,10 +1829,10 @@ void virtio_queue_set_host_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                bool set_handler)
 {
     if (assign && set_handler) {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier,
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, false,
                                    virtio_queue_host_notifier_read);
     } else {
-        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, NULL);
+        event_notifier_set_handler(&vq->host_notifier, false, NULL);
     }
     if (!assign) {
         /* Test and clear notifier before after disabling event,
diff --git a/include/qemu/event_notifier.h b/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
index a8f2854..e326990 100644
--- a/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
+++ b/include/qemu/event_notifier.h
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ int event_notifier_init(EventNotifier *, int active);
 void event_notifier_cleanup(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_set(EventNotifier *);
 int event_notifier_test_and_clear(EventNotifier *);
-int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *, EventNotifierHandler *);
+int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *,
+                               bool is_external,
+                               EventNotifierHandler *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 void event_notifier_init_fd(EventNotifier *, int fd);
diff --git a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c b/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
index 26965de..06a5da4 100644
--- a/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
+++ b/stubs/set-fd-handler.c
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
 {
     abort();
 }
+
+void aio_set_fd_handler(AioContext *ctx,
+                        int fd,
+                        bool is_external,
+                        IOHandler *io_read,
+                        IOHandler *io_write,
+                        void *opaque)
+{
+    abort();
+}
diff --git a/target-i386/hyperv.c b/target-i386/hyperv.c
index c4d6a9b..39a230f 100644
--- a/target-i386/hyperv.c
+++ b/target-i386/hyperv.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ HvSintRoute *kvm_hv_sint_route_create(uint32_t vcpu_id, uint32_t sint,
         goto err_sint_set_notifier;
     }
 
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier,
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false,
                                kvm_hv_sint_ack_handler);
 
     gsi = kvm_irqchip_add_hv_sint_route(kvm_state, vcpu_id, sint);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ HvSintRoute *kvm_hv_sint_route_create(uint32_t vcpu_id, uint32_t sint,
 err_irqfd:
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, gsi);
 err_gsi:
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, NULL);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false, NULL);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier);
 err_sint_set_notifier:
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_set_notifier);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void kvm_hv_sint_route_destroy(HvSintRoute *sint_route)
                                           &sint_route->sint_set_notifier,
                                           sint_route->gsi);
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, sint_route->gsi);
-    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, NULL);
+    event_notifier_set_handler(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier, false, NULL);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_ack_notifier);
     event_notifier_cleanup(&sint_route->sint_set_notifier);
     g_free(sint_route);
diff --git a/util/event_notifier-posix.c b/util/event_notifier-posix.c
index e150301..c1f0d79 100644
--- a/util/event_notifier-posix.c
+++ b/util/event_notifier-posix.c
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ int event_notifier_get_fd(const EventNotifier *e)
 }
 
 int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
+                               bool is_external,
                                EventNotifierHandler *handler)
 {
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(e->rfd, (IOHandler *)handler, NULL, e);
+    aio_set_fd_handler(iohandler_get_aio_context(), e->rfd, is_external,
+                       (IOHandler *)handler, NULL, e);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/util/event_notifier-win32.c b/util/event_notifier-win32.c
index 14b4f7d..de87df0 100644
--- a/util/event_notifier-win32.c
+++ b/util/event_notifier-win32.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ HANDLE event_notifier_get_handle(EventNotifier *e)
 }
 
 int event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
+                               bool is_external,
                                EventNotifierHandler *handler)
 {
     if (handler) {
