diff --git a/include/hw/pci-host/pam.h b/include/hw/pci-host/pam.h
index c1fd06ba2a..005916f826 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci-host/pam.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci-host/pam.h
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ typedef struct PAMMemoryRegion {
     unsigned current;
 } PAMMemoryRegion;
 
-void init_pam(DeviceState *dev, MemoryRegion *ram, MemoryRegion *system,
-              MemoryRegion *pci, PAMMemoryRegion *mem, uint32_t start, uint32_t size);
+void init_pam(PAMMemoryRegion *mem, Object *owner, MemoryRegion *ram,
+              MemoryRegion *system, MemoryRegion *pci,
+              uint32_t start, uint32_t size);
 void pam_update(PAMMemoryRegion *mem, int idx, uint8_t val);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_PAM_H */
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
index 9c6882d3fc..61e7b97ff4 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ PCIBus *i440fx_init(const char *pci_type,
     object_property_add_const_link(qdev_get_machine(), "smram",
                                    OBJECT(&f->smram));
 
-    init_pam(dev, f->ram_memory, f->system_memory, f->pci_address_space,
-             &f->pam_regions[0], PAM_BIOS_BASE, PAM_BIOS_SIZE);
+    init_pam(&f->pam_regions[0], OBJECT(d), f->ram_memory, f->system_memory,
+             f->pci_address_space, PAM_BIOS_BASE, PAM_BIOS_SIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(f->pam_regions) - 1; ++i) {
-        init_pam(dev, f->ram_memory, f->system_memory, f->pci_address_space,
-                 &f->pam_regions[i+1], PAM_EXPAN_BASE + i * PAM_EXPAN_SIZE,
-                 PAM_EXPAN_SIZE);
+        init_pam(&f->pam_regions[i + 1], OBJECT(d), f->ram_memory,
+                 f->system_memory, f->pci_address_space,
+                 PAM_EXPAN_BASE + i * PAM_EXPAN_SIZE, PAM_EXPAN_SIZE);
     }
 
     ram_size = ram_size / 8 / 1024 / 1024;
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/pam.c b/hw/pci-host/pam.c
index 454dd120db..68e9884d27 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/pam.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/pam.c
@@ -30,24 +30,24 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/pci-host/pam.h"
 
-void init_pam(DeviceState *dev, MemoryRegion *ram_memory,
+void init_pam(PAMMemoryRegion *mem, Object *owner, MemoryRegion *ram_memory,
               MemoryRegion *system_memory, MemoryRegion *pci_address_space,
-              PAMMemoryRegion *mem, uint32_t start, uint32_t size)
+              uint32_t start, uint32_t size)
 {
     int i;
 
     /* RAM */
-    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[3], OBJECT(dev), "pam-ram", ram_memory,
+    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[3], owner, "pam-ram", ram_memory,
                              start, size);
     /* ROM (XXX: not quite correct) */
-    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[1], OBJECT(dev), "pam-rom", ram_memory,
+    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[1], owner, "pam-rom", ram_memory,
                              start, size);
     memory_region_set_readonly(&mem->alias[1], true);
 
     /* XXX: should distinguish read/write cases */
-    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[0], OBJECT(dev), "pam-pci", pci_address_space,
+    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[0], owner, "pam-pci", pci_address_space,
                              start, size);
-    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[2], OBJECT(dev), "pam-pci", ram_memory,
+    memory_region_init_alias(&mem->alias[2], owner, "pam-pci", ram_memory,
                              start, size);
 
     memory_region_transaction_begin();
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/q35.c b/hw/pci-host/q35.c
index fa05844319..fd18920e7f 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/q35.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/q35.c
@@ -645,12 +645,12 @@ static void mch_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     object_property_add_const_link(qdev_get_machine(), "smram",
                                    OBJECT(&mch->smram));
 
-    init_pam(DEVICE(mch), mch->ram_memory, mch->system_memory,
-             mch->pci_address_space, &mch->pam_regions[0],
+    init_pam(&mch->pam_regions[0], OBJECT(mch), mch->ram_memory,
+             mch->system_memory, mch->pci_address_space,
              PAM_BIOS_BASE, PAM_BIOS_SIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mch->pam_regions) - 1; ++i) {
-        init_pam(DEVICE(mch), mch->ram_memory, mch->system_memory,
-                 mch->pci_address_space, &mch->pam_regions[i+1],
+        init_pam(&mch->pam_regions[i + 1], OBJECT(mch), mch->ram_memory,
+                 mch->system_memory, mch->pci_address_space,
                  PAM_EXPAN_BASE + i * PAM_EXPAN_SIZE, PAM_EXPAN_SIZE);
     }
 }
