diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 55b9bc7817..d776c8cf20 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     ms->smp.cpus = mc->default_cpus;
     ms->smp.max_cpus = mc->default_cpus;
     ms->smp.cores = 1;
+    ms->smp.dies = 1;
     ms->smp.threads = 1;
     ms->smp.sockets = 1;
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index c6d8d0d84d..92958e9ad7 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -712,8 +712,6 @@ void pc_acpi_smi_interrupt(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
  */
 void pc_smp_parse(MachineState *ms, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
-    X86MachineState *x86ms = X86_MACHINE(ms);
-
     if (opts) {
         unsigned cpus    = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "cpus", 0);
         unsigned sockets = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "sockets", 0);
@@ -769,7 +767,7 @@ void pc_smp_parse(MachineState *ms, QemuOpts *opts)
         ms->smp.cores = cores;
         ms->smp.threads = threads;
         ms->smp.sockets = sockets;
-        x86ms->smp_dies = dies;
+        ms->smp.dies = dies;
     }
 
     if (ms->smp.cpus > 1) {
diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index d30cf27e29..00448ed55a 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ inline void init_topo_info(X86CPUTopoInfo *topo_info,
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(x86ms);
 
-    topo_info->dies_per_pkg = x86ms->smp_dies;
+    topo_info->dies_per_pkg = ms->smp.dies;
     topo_info->cores_per_die = ms->smp.cores;
     topo_info->threads_per_core = ms->smp.threads;
 }
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void x86_cpu_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 
     init_topo_info(&topo_info, x86ms);
 
-    env->nr_dies = x86ms->smp_dies;
+    env->nr_dies = ms->smp.dies;
 
     /*
      * If APIC ID is not set,
@@ -301,13 +301,13 @@ void x86_cpu_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
      */
     if (cpu->apic_id == UNASSIGNED_APIC_ID) {
         int max_socket = (ms->smp.max_cpus - 1) /
-                                smp_threads / smp_cores / x86ms->smp_dies;
+                                smp_threads / smp_cores / ms->smp.dies;
 
         /*
          * die-id was optional in QEMU 4.0 and older, so keep it optional
          * if there's only one die per socket.
          */
-        if (cpu->die_id < 0 && x86ms->smp_dies == 1) {
+        if (cpu->die_id < 0 && ms->smp.dies == 1) {
             cpu->die_id = 0;
         }
 
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ void x86_cpu_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         if (cpu->die_id < 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "CPU die-id is not set");
             return;
-        } else if (cpu->die_id > x86ms->smp_dies - 1) {
+        } else if (cpu->die_id > ms->smp.dies - 1) {
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid CPU die-id: %u must be in range 0:%u",
-                       cpu->die_id, x86ms->smp_dies - 1);
+                       cpu->die_id, ms->smp.dies - 1);
             return;
         }
         if (cpu->core_id < 0) {
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ const CPUArchIdList *x86_possible_cpu_arch_ids(MachineState *ms)
                                  &topo_info, &topo_ids);
         ms->possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.has_socket_id = true;
         ms->possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.socket_id = topo_ids.pkg_id;
-        if (x86ms->smp_dies > 1) {
+        if (ms->smp.dies > 1) {
             ms->possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.has_die_id = true;
             ms->possible_cpus->cpus[i].props.die_id = topo_ids.die_id;
         }
@@ -1269,7 +1269,6 @@ static void x86_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
 
     x86ms->smm = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
     x86ms->acpi = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
-    x86ms->smp_dies = 1;
     x86ms->pci_irq_mask = ACPI_BUILD_PCI_IRQS;
     x86ms->oem_id = g_strndup(ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME6, 6);
     x86ms->oem_table_id = g_strndup(ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME8, 8);
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 3d55d2bd62..87ae5cc300 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ typedef struct DeviceMemoryState {
  */
 typedef struct CpuTopology {
     unsigned int cpus;
+    unsigned int dies;
     unsigned int cores;
     unsigned int threads;
     unsigned int sockets;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 1522a3359a..4c2ca6d36a 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * PCMachineState:
  * @acpi_dev: link to ACPI PM device that performs ACPI hotplug handling
  * @boot_cpus: number of present VCPUs
- * @smp_dies: number of dies per one package
  */
 typedef struct PCMachineState {
     /*< private >*/
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/x86.h b/include/hw/i386/x86.h
index 25a1f16f01..6e9244a82c 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/x86.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/x86.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct X86MachineState {
     unsigned pci_irq_mask;
     unsigned apic_id_limit;
     uint16_t boot_cpus;
-    unsigned smp_dies;
 
     OnOffAuto smm;
     OnOffAuto acpi;