diff --git a/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c b/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
index dd5af508f9..e7b9345615 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci_bridge.c
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ static void pci_bridge_init_vga_aliases(PCIBridge *br, PCIBus *parent,
     }
 }
 
-static PCIBridgeWindows *pci_bridge_region_init(PCIBridge *br)
+static void pci_bridge_region_init(PCIBridge *br)
 {
     PCIDevice *pd = PCI_DEVICE(br);
     PCIBus *parent = pci_get_bus(pd);
-    PCIBridgeWindows *w = g_new(PCIBridgeWindows, 1);
+    PCIBridgeWindows *w = &br->windows;
     uint16_t cmd = pci_get_word(pd->config + PCI_COMMAND);
 
     pci_bridge_init_alias(br, &w->alias_pref_mem,
@@ -211,8 +211,6 @@ static PCIBridgeWindows *pci_bridge_region_init(PCIBridge *br)
                           cmd & PCI_COMMAND_IO);
 
     pci_bridge_init_vga_aliases(br, parent, w->alias_vga);
-
-    return w;
 }
 
 static void pci_bridge_region_del(PCIBridge *br, PCIBridgeWindows *w)
@@ -234,19 +232,18 @@ static void pci_bridge_region_cleanup(PCIBridge *br, PCIBridgeWindows *w)
     object_unparent(OBJECT(&w->alias_vga[QEMU_PCI_VGA_IO_LO]));
     object_unparent(OBJECT(&w->alias_vga[QEMU_PCI_VGA_IO_HI]));
     object_unparent(OBJECT(&w->alias_vga[QEMU_PCI_VGA_MEM]));
-    g_free(w);
 }
 
 void pci_bridge_update_mappings(PCIBridge *br)
 {
-    PCIBridgeWindows *w = br->windows;
+    PCIBridgeWindows *w = &br->windows;
 
     /* Make updates atomic to: handle the case of one VCPU updating the bridge
      * while another accesses an unaffected region. */
     memory_region_transaction_begin();
-    pci_bridge_region_del(br, br->windows);
+    pci_bridge_region_del(br, w);
     pci_bridge_region_cleanup(br, w);
-    br->windows = pci_bridge_region_init(br);
+    pci_bridge_region_init(br);
     memory_region_transaction_commit();
 }
 
@@ -385,7 +382,7 @@ void pci_bridge_initfn(PCIDevice *dev, const char *typename)
     sec_bus->address_space_io = &br->address_space_io;
     memory_region_init(&br->address_space_io, OBJECT(br), "pci_bridge_io",
                        4 * GiB);
-    br->windows = pci_bridge_region_init(br);
+    pci_bridge_region_init(br);
     QLIST_INIT(&sec_bus->child);
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&parent->child, sec_bus, sibling);
 }
@@ -396,8 +393,8 @@ void pci_bridge_exitfn(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
     PCIBridge *s = PCI_BRIDGE(pci_dev);
     assert(QLIST_EMPTY(&s->sec_bus.child));
     QLIST_REMOVE(&s->sec_bus, sibling);
-    pci_bridge_region_del(s, s->windows);
-    pci_bridge_region_cleanup(s, s->windows);
+    pci_bridge_region_del(s, &s->windows);
+    pci_bridge_region_cleanup(s, &s->windows);
     /* object_unparent() is called automatically during device deletion */
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/pci/pci_bridge.h b/include/hw/pci/pci_bridge.h
index 01670e9e65..ea54a81a15 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci/pci_bridge.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci/pci_bridge.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct PCIBridge {
     MemoryRegion address_space_mem;
     MemoryRegion address_space_io;
 
-    PCIBridgeWindows *windows;
+    PCIBridgeWindows windows;
 
     pci_map_irq_fn map_irq;
     const char *bus_name;