diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 939bcbfeb9..ea7c079fb0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -247,13 +247,10 @@ static void vring_packed_event_read(VirtIODevice *vdev,
     hwaddr off_off = offsetof(VRingPackedDescEvent, off_wrap);
     hwaddr off_flags = offsetof(VRingPackedDescEvent, flags);
 
-    address_space_read_cached(cache, off_flags, &e->flags,
-                              sizeof(e->flags));
+    e->flags = virtio_lduw_phys_cached(vdev, cache, off_flags);
     /* Make sure flags is seen before off_wrap */
     smp_rmb();
-    address_space_read_cached(cache, off_off, &e->off_wrap,
-                              sizeof(e->off_wrap));
-    virtio_tswap16s(vdev, &e->off_wrap);
+    e->off_wrap = virtio_lduw_phys_cached(vdev, cache, off_off);
     virtio_tswap16s(vdev, &e->flags);
 }
 
@@ -263,8 +260,7 @@ static void vring_packed_off_wrap_write(VirtIODevice *vdev,
 {
     hwaddr off = offsetof(VRingPackedDescEvent, off_wrap);
 
-    virtio_tswap16s(vdev, &off_wrap);
-    address_space_write_cached(cache, off, &off_wrap, sizeof(off_wrap));
+    virtio_stw_phys_cached(vdev, cache, off, off_wrap);
     address_space_cache_invalidate(cache, off, sizeof(off_wrap));
 }
 
@@ -273,8 +269,7 @@ static void vring_packed_flags_write(VirtIODevice *vdev,
 {
     hwaddr off = offsetof(VRingPackedDescEvent, flags);
 
-    virtio_tswap16s(vdev, &flags);
-    address_space_write_cached(cache, off, &flags, sizeof(flags));
+    virtio_stw_phys_cached(vdev, cache, off, flags);
     address_space_cache_invalidate(cache, off, sizeof(flags));
 }