diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
index db9d5b6..7c30762 100644
--- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -1002,11 +1002,10 @@ Example:
     {
         Error *err = NULL;
         UserDefOne *retval;
-        QmpInputVisitor *qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
         Visitor *v;
         UserDefOneList *arg1 = NULL;
 
-        v = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
+        v = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
         visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &err);
         if (err) {
             goto out;
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h b/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
index b0624d8..f3ff5f3 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ typedef struct QmpInputVisitor QmpInputVisitor;
  * Set @strict to reject a parse that doesn't consume all keys of a
  * dictionary; otherwise excess input is ignored.
  */
-QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict);
-
-void qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(QmpInputVisitor *v);
-
-Visitor *qmp_input_get_visitor(QmpInputVisitor *v);
+Visitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
index 41b7f87..21edb39 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -373,25 +373,15 @@ static void qmp_input_optional(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present)
     *present = true;
 }
 
-Visitor *qmp_input_get_visitor(QmpInputVisitor *v)
-{
-    return &v->visitor;
-}
-
 static void qmp_input_free(Visitor *v)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
 
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    qobject_decref(qiv->root);
+    g_free(qiv);
 }
 
-void qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(QmpInputVisitor *v)
-{
-    qobject_decref(v->root);
-    g_free(v);
-}
-
-QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict)
+Visitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *v;
 
@@ -419,5 +409,5 @@ QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj, bool strict)
     v->root = obj;
     qobject_incref(obj);
 
-    return v;
+    return &v->visitor;
 }
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 7df6543..b6d531e 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ void qmp_object_add(const char *type, const char *id,
                     bool has_props, QObject *props, Error **errp)
 {
     const QDict *pdict = NULL;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *v;
     Object *obj;
 
     if (props) {
@@ -666,10 +666,9 @@ void qmp_object_add(const char *type, const char *id,
         }
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(props, true);
-    obj = user_creatable_add_type(type, id, pdict,
-                                  qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), errp);
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    v = qmp_input_visitor_new(props, true);
+    obj = user_creatable_add_type(type, id, pdict, v, errp);
+    visit_free(v);
     if (obj) {
         object_unref(obj);
     }
diff --git a/qom/qom-qobject.c b/qom/qom-qobject.c
index b66088d..c3c9188 100644
--- a/qom/qom-qobject.c
+++ b/qom/qom-qobject.c
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@
 void object_property_set_qobject(Object *obj, QObject *value,
                                  const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *v;
     /* TODO: Should we reject, rather than ignore, excess input? */
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(value, false);
-    object_property_set(obj, qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), name, errp);
-
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    v = qmp_input_visitor_new(value, false);
+    object_property_set(obj, v, name, errp);
+    visit_free(v);
 }
 
 QObject *object_property_get_qobject(Object *obj, const char *name,
diff --git a/replay/replay-input.c b/replay/replay-input.c
index 03e99d5..7b6fa93 100644
--- a/replay/replay-input.c
+++ b/replay/replay-input.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 static InputEvent *qapi_clone_InputEvent(InputEvent *src)
 {
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
     Visitor *ov, *iv;
     QObject *obj;
     InputEvent *dst = NULL;
@@ -37,10 +36,9 @@ static InputEvent *qapi_clone_InputEvent(InputEvent *src)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
-    iv = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
+    iv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     visit_type_InputEvent(iv, NULL, &dst, &error_abort);
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    visit_free(iv);
     qobject_decref(obj);
 
     return dst;
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 77ecd47..49d4ce2 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -113,11 +113,10 @@ def gen_marshal(name, arg_type, ret_type):
 
     if arg_type and arg_type.members:
         ret += mcgen('''
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
     Visitor *v;
     %(c_name)s arg = {0};
 
-    v = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
+    v = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(args), true);
     visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &err);
     if (err) {
         goto out;
diff --git a/tests/check-qnull.c b/tests/check-qnull.c
index 05d562d..d0412e4 100644
--- a/tests/check-qnull.c
+++ b/tests/check-qnull.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void qnull_visit_test(void)
 {
     QObject *obj;
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *v;
 
     /*
      * Most tests of interactions between QObject and visitors are in
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ static void qnull_visit_test(void)
 
     g_assert(qnull_.refcnt == 1);
     obj = qnull();
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
+    v = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     qobject_decref(obj);
-    visit_type_null(qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), NULL, &error_abort);
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    visit_type_null(v, NULL, &error_abort);
+    visit_free(v);
 
     qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
     visit_type_null(qmp_output_get_visitor(qov), NULL, &error_abort);
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
index e8f619d..8ffeb04 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ static void test_dealloc_partial(void)
     /* create partial object */
     {
         QDict *ud2_dict;
-        QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+        Visitor *v;
 
         ud2_dict = qdict_new();
         qdict_put_obj(ud2_dict, "string0", QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(text)));
 
-        qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict), true);
-        visit_type_UserDefTwo(qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), NULL, &ud2, &err);
-        qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+        v = qmp_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict), true);
+        visit_type_UserDefTwo(v, NULL, &ud2, &err);
+        visit_free(v);
         QDECREF(ud2_dict);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
index 79739e9..814550a 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-strict.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 typedef struct TestInputVisitorData {
     QObject *obj;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *qiv;
 } TestInputVisitorData;
 
 static void validate_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void validate_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     data->obj = NULL;
 
     if (data->qiv) {
-        qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(data->qiv);
+        visit_free(data->qiv);
         data->qiv = NULL;
     }
 }
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ static Visitor *validate_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                             const char *json_string,
                                             va_list *ap)
 {
-    Visitor *v;
-
     validate_teardown(data, NULL);
 
     data->obj = qobject_from_jsonv(json_string, ap);
@@ -57,11 +55,7 @@ static Visitor *validate_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
 
     data->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(data->obj, true);
     g_assert(data->qiv);
-
-    v = qmp_input_get_visitor(data->qiv);
-    g_assert(v);
-
-    return v;
+    return data->qiv;
 }
 
 static GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3)
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
index b236183..f583dce 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 typedef struct TestInputVisitorData {
     QObject *obj;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *qiv;
 } TestInputVisitorData;
 
 static void visitor_input_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void visitor_input_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     data->obj = NULL;
 
     if (data->qiv) {
-        qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(data->qiv);
+        visit_free(data->qiv);
         data->qiv = NULL;
     }
 }
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                                  const char *json_string,
                                                  va_list *ap)
 {
-    Visitor *v;
-
     visitor_input_teardown(data, NULL);
 
     data->obj = qobject_from_jsonv(json_string, ap);
@@ -53,11 +51,7 @@ static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
 
     data->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(data->obj, false);
     g_assert(data->qiv);
-
-    v = qmp_input_get_visitor(data->qiv);
-    g_assert(v);
-
-    return v;
+    return data->qiv;
 }
 
 static GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3)
diff --git a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
index c3c8634..0766dcc 100644
--- a/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
+++ b/tests/test-visitor-serialization.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static PrimitiveType pt_values[] = {
 
 typedef struct QmpSerializeData {
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
+    Visitor *qiv;
 } QmpSerializeData;
 
 static void qmp_serialize(void *native_in, void **datap,
@@ -1041,14 +1041,14 @@ static void qmp_deserialize(void **native_out, void *datap,
     d->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     qobject_decref(obj_orig);
     qobject_decref(obj);
-    visit(qmp_input_get_visitor(d->qiv), native_out, errp);
+    visit(d->qiv, native_out, errp);
 }
 
 static void qmp_cleanup(void *datap)
 {
     QmpSerializeData *d = datap;
     qmp_output_visitor_cleanup(d->qov);
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(d->qiv);
+    visit_free(d->qiv);
 
     g_free(d);
 }
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index cc2b043..3677cd2 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,6 @@ void qapi_copy_SocketAddress(SocketAddress **p_dest,
                              SocketAddress *src)
 {
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
-    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;
     Visitor *ov, *iv;
     QObject *obj;
 
@@ -1163,10 +1162,9 @@ void qapi_copy_SocketAddress(SocketAddress **p_dest,
         return;
     }
 
-    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
-    iv = qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv);
+    iv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj, true);
     visit_type_SocketAddress(iv, NULL, p_dest, &error_abort);
-    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
+    visit_free(iv);
     qobject_decref(obj);
 }
 
