diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index a2f9f52bd0..7e79c5795a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -626,22 +626,24 @@ static int virtio_ccw_balloon_exit(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
     return virtio_ccw_exit(dev);
 }
 
-static int virtio_ccw_scsi_init(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
+static int virtio_ccw_scsi_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
 {
-    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    VirtIOSCSICcw *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW(ccw_dev);
+    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
 
-    vdev = virtio_scsi_init((DeviceState *)dev, &dev->scsi);
-    if (!vdev) {
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&ccw_dev->bus));
+    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return virtio_ccw_device_init(dev, vdev);
+    return virtio_ccw_device_init(ccw_dev, VIRTIO_DEVICE(vdev));
 }
 
-static int virtio_ccw_scsi_exit(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
+static void virtio_ccw_scsi_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
-    virtio_scsi_exit(dev->vdev);
-    return virtio_ccw_exit(dev);
+    VirtIOSCSICcw *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW(obj);
+    object_initialize(OBJECT(&dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
 }
 
 static int virtio_ccw_rng_init(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
@@ -832,7 +834,7 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_ccw_balloon = {
 
 static Property virtio_ccw_scsi_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("devno", VirtioCcwDevice, bus_id),
-    DEFINE_VIRTIO_SCSI_PROPERTIES(VirtioCcwDevice, scsi),
+    DEFINE_VIRTIO_SCSI_PROPERTIES(VirtIOSCSICcw, vdev.conf),
     DEFINE_VIRTIO_SCSI_FEATURES(VirtioCcwDevice, host_features[0]),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
@@ -843,15 +845,16 @@ static void virtio_ccw_scsi_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     VirtIOCCWDeviceClass *k = VIRTIO_CCW_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     k->init = virtio_ccw_scsi_init;
-    k->exit = virtio_ccw_scsi_exit;
+    k->exit = virtio_ccw_exit;
     dc->reset = virtio_ccw_reset;
     dc->props = virtio_ccw_scsi_properties;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo virtio_ccw_scsi = {
-    .name          = "virtio-scsi-ccw",
+    .name          = TYPE_VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW,
     .parent        = TYPE_VIRTIO_CCW_DEVICE,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtioCcwDevice),
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOSCSICcw),
+    .instance_init = virtio_ccw_scsi_instance_init,
     .class_init    = virtio_ccw_scsi_class_init,
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
index 3993bc53b0..d9f73997df 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ struct VirtioCcwDevice {
     uint32_t host_features[VIRTIO_CCW_FEATURE_SIZE];
     virtio_serial_conf serial;
     virtio_net_conf net;
-    VirtIOSCSIConf scsi;
     VirtIORNGConf rng;
     VirtioBusState bus;
     /* Guest provided values: */
@@ -93,6 +92,17 @@ typedef struct VirtualCssBus {
 #define VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(obj) \
      OBJECT_CHECK(VirtualCssBus, (obj), TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS)
 
+/* virtio-scsi-ccw */
+
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW "virtio-scsi-ccw"
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOSCSICcw, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_SCSI_CCW)
+
+typedef struct VirtIOSCSICcw {
+    VirtioCcwDevice parent_obj;
+    VirtIOSCSI vdev;
+} VirtIOSCSICcw;
+
 /* virtio-blk-ccw */
 
 #define TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK_CCW "virtio-blk-ccw"