diff --git a/tests/numa-test.c b/tests/numa-test.c
index 9824fdd587..8de8581231 100644
--- a/tests/numa-test.c
+++ b/tests/numa-test.c
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ static void test_mon_explicit(const void *data)
 {
     char *s;
     char *cli;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 8 "
                    "-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-3 "
                    "-numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=4-7 ");
-    qtest_start(cli);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
 
-    s = hmp("info numa");
+    s = qtest_hmp(qts, "info numa");
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3"));
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 1 cpus: 4 5 6 7"));
     g_free(s);
 
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
@@ -42,16 +43,17 @@ static void test_mon_default(const void *data)
 {
     char *s;
     char *cli;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 8 -numa node -numa node");
-    qtest_start(cli);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
 
-    s = hmp("info numa");
+    s = qtest_hmp(qts, "info numa");
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 0 cpus: 0 2 4 6"));
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 1 cpus: 1 3 5 7"));
     g_free(s);
 
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
@@ -59,24 +61,25 @@ static void test_mon_partial(const void *data)
 {
     char *s;
     char *cli;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 8 "
                    "-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1 "
                    "-numa node,nodeid=1,cpus=4-5 ");
-    qtest_start(cli);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
 
-    s = hmp("info numa");
+    s = qtest_hmp(qts, "info numa");
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3 6 7"));
     g_assert(strstr(s, "node 1 cpus: 4 5"));
     g_free(s);
 
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
-static QList *get_cpus(QDict **resp)
+static QList *get_cpus(QTestState *qts, QDict **resp)
 {
-    *resp = qmp("{ 'execute': 'query-cpus' }");
+    *resp = qtest_qmp(qts, "{ 'execute': 'query-cpus' }");
     g_assert(*resp);
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(*resp, "return"));
     return qdict_get_qlist(*resp, "return");
@@ -88,10 +91,11 @@ static void test_query_cpus(const void *data)
     QDict *resp;
     QList *cpus;
     QObject *e;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 8 -numa node,cpus=0-3 -numa node,cpus=4-7");
-    qtest_start(cli);
-    cpus = get_cpus(&resp);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
+    cpus = get_cpus(qts, &resp);
     g_assert(cpus);
 
     while ((e = qlist_pop(cpus))) {
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ static void test_query_cpus(const void *data)
     }
 
     qobject_unref(resp);
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ static void pc_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     QDict *resp;
     QList *cpus;
     QObject *e;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-cpu pentium -smp 8,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=2 "
         "-numa node,nodeid=0 -numa node,nodeid=1 "
@@ -132,8 +137,8 @@ static void pc_numa_cpu(const void *data)
         "-numa cpu,node-id=0,socket-id=1,core-id=0 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=0,socket-id=1,core-id=1,thread-id=0 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=1,socket-id=1,core-id=1,thread-id=1");
-    qtest_start(cli);
-    cpus = get_cpus(&resp);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
+    cpus = get_cpus(qts, &resp);
     g_assert(cpus);
 
     while ((e = qlist_pop(cpus))) {
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ static void pc_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     }
 
     qobject_unref(resp);
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ static void spapr_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     QDict *resp;
     QList *cpus;
     QObject *e;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 4,cores=4 "
         "-numa node,nodeid=0 -numa node,nodeid=1 "
@@ -185,8 +191,8 @@ static void spapr_numa_cpu(const void *data)
         "-numa cpu,node-id=0,core-id=1 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=0,core-id=2 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=1,core-id=3");
-    qtest_start(cli);
-    cpus = get_cpus(&resp);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
+    cpus = get_cpus(qts, &resp);
     g_assert(cpus);
 
     while ((e = qlist_pop(cpus))) {
@@ -213,7 +219,7 @@ static void spapr_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     }
 
     qobject_unref(resp);
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }
 
@@ -223,13 +229,14 @@ static void aarch64_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     QDict *resp;
     QList *cpus;
     QObject *e;
+    QTestState *qts;
 
     cli = make_cli(data, "-smp 2 "
         "-numa node,nodeid=0 -numa node,nodeid=1 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=1,thread-id=0 "
         "-numa cpu,node-id=0,thread-id=1");
-    qtest_start(cli);
-    cpus = get_cpus(&resp);
+    qts = qtest_init(cli);
+    cpus = get_cpus(qts, &resp);
     g_assert(cpus);
 
     while ((e = qlist_pop(cpus))) {
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ static void aarch64_numa_cpu(const void *data)
     }
 
     qobject_unref(resp);
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_quit(qts);
     g_free(cli);
 }