diff --git a/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c b/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
index d1074a0581..c2a77d5d4d 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 
 int openrisc_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cs, GByteArray *mem_buf, int n)
 {
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
-    CPUOpenRISCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
 
     if (n < 32) {
         return gdb_get_reg32(mem_buf, cpu_get_gpr(env, n));
@@ -48,9 +47,8 @@ int openrisc_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cs, GByteArray *mem_buf, int n)
 
 int openrisc_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
 {
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
-    CPUOpenRISCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     uint32_t tmp;
 
     if (n > cc->gdb_num_core_regs) {
diff --git a/target/openrisc/interrupt.c b/target/openrisc/interrupt.c
index d4fdb8ce8e..b3b5b40577 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/interrupt.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/interrupt.c
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 
 void openrisc_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
 {
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
-    CPUOpenRISCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     int exception = cs->exception_index;
 
     env->epcr = env->pc;
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ void openrisc_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
 
 bool openrisc_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
 {
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
-    CPUOpenRISCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     int idx = -1;
 
     if ((interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD) && (env->sr & SR_IEE)) {
diff --git a/target/openrisc/translate.c b/target/openrisc/translate.c
index 785bcb6552..23fff46084 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/translate.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/translate.c
@@ -1564,8 +1564,7 @@ static void openrisc_tr_insn_start(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
 static void openrisc_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
 {
     DisasContext *dc = container_of(dcbase, DisasContext, base);
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
-    uint32_t insn = translator_ldl(&cpu->env, &dc->base, dc->base.pc_next);
+    uint32_t insn = translator_ldl(cpu_env(cs), &dc->base, dc->base.pc_next);
 
     if (!decode(dc, insn)) {
         gen_illegal_exception(dc);
@@ -1668,8 +1667,7 @@ void gen_intermediate_code(CPUState *cs, TranslationBlock *tb, int *max_insns,
 
 void openrisc_cpu_dump_state(CPUState *cs, FILE *f, int flags)
 {
-    OpenRISCCPU *cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cs);
-    CPUOpenRISCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     int i;
 
     qemu_fprintf(f, "PC=%08x\n", env->pc);