diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index e03d9f3..ca3c22a 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -54,6 +54,32 @@ static void vfio_disable_interrupts(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev);
 static void vfio_mmap_set_enabled(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, bool enabled);
 static void vfio_msi_disable_common(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev);
 
+/* Create new or reuse existing eventfd */
+static int vfio_notifier_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, EventNotifier *e,
+                              const char *name, int nr)
+{
+    int fd = -1;   /* placeholder until a subsequent patch */
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        event_notifier_init_fd(e, fd);
+    } else {
+        ret = event_notifier_init(e, 0);
+        if (ret) {
+            Error *err = NULL;
+            error_setg_errno(&err, -ret, "vfio_notifier_init %s failed", name);
+            error_report_err(err);
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void vfio_notifier_cleanup(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, EventNotifier *e,
+                                  const char *name, int nr)
+{
+    event_notifier_cleanup(e);
+}
+
 /*
  * Disabling BAR mmaping can be slow, but toggling it around INTx can
  * also be a huge overhead.  We try to get the best of both worlds by
@@ -134,8 +160,8 @@ static bool vfio_intx_enable_kvm(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     pci_irq_deassert(&vdev->pdev);
 
     /* Get an eventfd for resample/unmask */
-    if (event_notifier_init(&vdev->intx.unmask, 0)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "event_notifier_init failed eoi");
+    if (vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vdev->intx.unmask, "intx-unmask", 0)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vfio_notifier_init intx-unmask failed");
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -167,7 +193,7 @@ fail_vfio:
     kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, &vdev->intx.interrupt,
                                           vdev->intx.route.irq);
 fail_irqfd:
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->intx.unmask);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->intx.unmask, "intx-unmask", 0);
 fail:
     qemu_set_fd_handler(irq_fd, vfio_intx_interrupt, NULL, vdev);
     vfio_unmask_single_irqindex(&vdev->vbasedev, VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX);
@@ -199,7 +225,7 @@ static void vfio_intx_disable_kvm(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
     }
 
     /* We only need to close the eventfd for VFIO to cleanup the kernel side */
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->intx.unmask);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->intx.unmask, "intx-unmask", 0);
 
     /* QEMU starts listening for interrupt events. */
     qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->intx.interrupt),
@@ -266,7 +292,6 @@ static bool vfio_intx_enable(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     uint8_t pin = vfio_pci_read_config(&vdev->pdev, PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN, 1);
     Error *err = NULL;
     int32_t fd;
-    int ret;
 
 
     if (!pin) {
@@ -289,9 +314,7 @@ static bool vfio_intx_enable(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     }
 #endif
 
-    ret = event_notifier_init(&vdev->intx.interrupt, 0);
-    if (ret) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "event_notifier_init failed");
+    if (vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vdev->intx.interrupt, "intx-interrupt", 0)) {
         return false;
     }
     fd = event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->intx.interrupt);
@@ -300,7 +323,7 @@ static bool vfio_intx_enable(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
     if (!vfio_set_irq_signaling(&vdev->vbasedev, VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX, 0,
                                 VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER, fd, errp)) {
         qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, NULL, NULL, vdev);
-        event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->intx.interrupt);
+        vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->intx.interrupt, "intx-interrupt", 0);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -327,7 +350,7 @@ static void vfio_intx_disable(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
 
     fd = event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->intx.interrupt);
     qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, NULL, NULL, vdev);
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->intx.interrupt);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->intx.interrupt, "intx-interrupt", 0);
 
     vdev->interrupt = VFIO_INT_NONE;
 
@@ -471,13 +494,15 @@ static void vfio_add_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, VFIOMSIVector *vector,
                                              vector_n, &vdev->pdev);
 }
 
-static void vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector)
+static void vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector, int nr)
 {
+    const char *name = "kvm_interrupt";
+
     if (vector->virq < 0) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (event_notifier_init(&vector->kvm_interrupt, 0)) {
+    if (vfio_notifier_init(vector->vdev, &vector->kvm_interrupt, name, nr)) {
         goto fail_notifier;
     }
 
@@ -489,19 +514,20 @@ static void vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector)
     return;
 
 fail_kvm:
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vector->kvm_interrupt);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vector->vdev, &vector->kvm_interrupt, name, nr);
 fail_notifier:
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, vector->virq);
     vector->virq = -1;
 }
 
-static void vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector)
+static void vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, VFIOMSIVector *vector,
+                                     int nr)
 {
     kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier_gsi(kvm_state, &vector->kvm_interrupt,
                                           vector->virq);
     kvm_irqchip_release_virq(kvm_state, vector->virq);
     vector->virq = -1;
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vector->kvm_interrupt);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vector->kvm_interrupt, "kvm_interrupt", nr);
 }
 
 static void vfio_update_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector, MSIMessage msg,
@@ -511,6 +537,20 @@ static void vfio_update_kvm_msi_virq(VFIOMSIVector *vector, MSIMessage msg,
     kvm_irqchip_commit_routes(kvm_state);
 }
 
+static void vfio_vector_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, int nr)
+{
+    VFIOMSIVector *vector = &vdev->msi_vectors[nr];
+    PCIDevice *pdev = &vdev->pdev;
+
+    vector->vdev = vdev;
+    vector->virq = -1;
+    vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vector->interrupt, "interrupt", nr);
+    vector->use = true;
+    if (vdev->interrupt == VFIO_INT_MSIX) {
+        msix_vector_use(pdev, nr);
+    }
+}
+
 static int vfio_msix_vector_do_use(PCIDevice *pdev, unsigned int nr,
                                    MSIMessage *msg, IOHandler *handler)
 {
@@ -524,13 +564,7 @@ static int vfio_msix_vector_do_use(PCIDevice *pdev, unsigned int nr,
     vector = &vdev->msi_vectors[nr];
 
     if (!vector->use) {
-        vector->vdev = vdev;
-        vector->virq = -1;
-        if (event_notifier_init(&vector->interrupt, 0)) {
-            error_report("vfio: Error: event_notifier_init failed");
-        }
-        vector->use = true;
-        msix_vector_use(pdev, nr);
+        vfio_vector_init(vdev, nr);
     }
 
     qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vector->interrupt),
@@ -542,7 +576,7 @@ static int vfio_msix_vector_do_use(PCIDevice *pdev, unsigned int nr,
      */
     if (vector->virq >= 0) {
         if (!msg) {
-            vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(vector);
+            vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(vdev, vector, nr);
         } else {
             vfio_update_kvm_msi_virq(vector, *msg, pdev);
         }
@@ -554,7 +588,7 @@ static int vfio_msix_vector_do_use(PCIDevice *pdev, unsigned int nr,
                 vfio_route_change = kvm_irqchip_begin_route_changes(kvm_state);
                 vfio_add_kvm_msi_virq(vdev, vector, nr, true);
                 kvm_irqchip_commit_route_changes(&vfio_route_change);
-                vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(vector);
+                vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(vector, nr);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -661,7 +695,7 @@ static void vfio_commit_kvm_msi_virq_batch(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
     kvm_irqchip_commit_route_changes(&vfio_route_change);
 
     for (i = 0; i < vdev->nr_vectors; i++) {
-        vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(&vdev->msi_vectors[i]);
+        vfio_connect_kvm_msi_virq(&vdev->msi_vectors[i], i);
     }
 }
 
@@ -741,9 +775,7 @@ retry:
         vector->virq = -1;
         vector->use = true;
 
-        if (event_notifier_init(&vector->interrupt, 0)) {
-            error_report("vfio: Error: event_notifier_init failed");
-        }
+        vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vector->interrupt, "interrupt", i);
 
         qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vector->interrupt),
                             vfio_msi_interrupt, NULL, vector);
@@ -797,11 +829,11 @@ static void vfio_msi_disable_common(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
         VFIOMSIVector *vector = &vdev->msi_vectors[i];
         if (vdev->msi_vectors[i].use) {
             if (vector->virq >= 0) {
-                vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(vector);
+                vfio_remove_kvm_msi_virq(vdev, vector, i);
             }
             qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vector->interrupt),
                                 NULL, NULL, NULL);
-            event_notifier_cleanup(&vector->interrupt);
+            vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vector->interrupt, "interrupt", i);
         }
     }
 
@@ -2855,8 +2887,7 @@ static void vfio_register_err_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (event_notifier_init(&vdev->err_notifier, 0)) {
-        error_report("vfio: Unable to init event notifier for error detection");
+    if (vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vdev->err_notifier, "err_notifier", 0)) {
         vdev->pci_aer = false;
         return;
     }
@@ -2868,7 +2899,7 @@ static void vfio_register_err_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
                                 VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER, fd, &err)) {
         error_reportf_err(err, VFIO_MSG_PREFIX, vdev->vbasedev.name);
         qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, NULL, NULL, vdev);
-        event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->err_notifier);
+        vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->err_notifier, "err_notifier", 0);
         vdev->pci_aer = false;
     }
 }
@@ -2887,7 +2918,7 @@ static void vfio_unregister_err_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
     }
     qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->err_notifier),
                         NULL, NULL, vdev);
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->err_notifier);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->err_notifier, "err_notifier", 0);
 }
 
 static void vfio_req_notifier_handler(void *opaque)
@@ -2921,8 +2952,7 @@ static void vfio_register_req_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (event_notifier_init(&vdev->req_notifier, 0)) {
-        error_report("vfio: Unable to init event notifier for device request");
+    if (vfio_notifier_init(vdev, &vdev->req_notifier, "req_notifier", 0)) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -2933,7 +2963,7 @@ static void vfio_register_req_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
                                 VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER, fd, &err)) {
         error_reportf_err(err, VFIO_MSG_PREFIX, vdev->vbasedev.name);
         qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, NULL, NULL, vdev);
-        event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->req_notifier);
+        vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->req_notifier, "req_notifier", 0);
     } else {
         vdev->req_enabled = true;
     }
@@ -2953,7 +2983,7 @@ static void vfio_unregister_req_notifier(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev)
     }
     qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->req_notifier),
                         NULL, NULL, vdev);
-    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->req_notifier);
+    vfio_notifier_cleanup(vdev, &vdev->req_notifier, "req_notifier", 0);
 
     vdev->req_enabled = false;
 }
