diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index af0cbbab9c..895449f926 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ int target_page_bits;
 bool target_page_bits_decided;
 #endif
 
-struct CPUTailQ cpus = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cpus);
+CPUTailQ cpus = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cpus);
+
 /* current CPU in the current thread. It is only valid inside
    cpu_exec() */
 __thread CPUState *current_cpu;
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index 7aa804ea0b..4262b80c44 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
-struct vfio_group_head vfio_group_list =
+VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list =
     QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vfio_group_list);
 static QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOAddressSpace) vfio_address_spaces =
     QLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vfio_address_spaces);
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 127ca47815..7624c9f511 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ int vfio_get_device(VFIOGroup *group, const char *name,
                     VFIODevice *vbasedev, Error **errp);
 
 extern const MemoryRegionOps vfio_region_ops;
-extern QLIST_HEAD(vfio_group_head, VFIOGroup) vfio_group_list;
+typedef QLIST_HEAD(VFIOGroupList, VFIOGroup) VFIOGroupList;
+extern VFIOGroupList vfio_group_list;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
 int vfio_get_region_info(VFIODevice *vbasedev, int index,
diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 40acc54751..16bbed1ae0 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -436,8 +436,9 @@ struct CPUState {
     GArray *iommu_notifiers;
 };
 
-QTAILQ_HEAD(CPUTailQ, CPUState);
-extern struct CPUTailQ cpus;
+typedef QTAILQ_HEAD(CPUTailQ, CPUState) CPUTailQ;
+extern CPUTailQ cpus;
+
 #define first_cpu        QTAILQ_FIRST_RCU(&cpus)
 #define CPU_NEXT(cpu)    QTAILQ_NEXT_RCU(cpu, node)
 #define CPU_FOREACH(cpu) QTAILQ_FOREACH_RCU(cpu, &cpus, node)
diff --git a/ui/input.c b/ui/input.c
index 7c9a4109c4..35c7964f64 100644
--- a/ui/input.c
+++ b/ui/input.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ struct QemuInputHandlerState {
 };
 
 typedef struct QemuInputEventQueue QemuInputEventQueue;
+typedef QTAILQ_HEAD(QemuInputEventQueueHead, QemuInputEventQueue)
+    QemuInputEventQueueHead;
+
 struct QemuInputEventQueue {
     enum {
         QEMU_INPUT_QUEUE_DELAY = 1,
@@ -37,8 +40,7 @@ static QTAILQ_HEAD(, QemuInputHandlerState) handlers =
 static NotifierList mouse_mode_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(mouse_mode_notifiers);
 
-static QTAILQ_HEAD(QemuInputEventQueueHead, QemuInputEventQueue) kbd_queue =
-    QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(kbd_queue);
+static QemuInputEventQueueHead kbd_queue = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(kbd_queue);
 static QEMUTimer *kbd_timer;
 static uint32_t kbd_default_delay_ms = 10;
 static uint32_t queue_count;
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ static void qemu_input_event_trace(QemuConsole *src, InputEvent *evt)
 
 static void qemu_input_queue_process(void *opaque)
 {
-    struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue = opaque;
+    QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue = opaque;
     QemuInputEventQueue *item;
 
     g_assert(!QTAILQ_EMPTY(queue));
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ static void qemu_input_queue_process(void *opaque)
     }
 }
 
-static void qemu_input_queue_delay(struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
+static void qemu_input_queue_delay(QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
                                    QEMUTimer *timer, uint32_t delay_ms)
 {
     QemuInputEventQueue *item = g_new0(QemuInputEventQueue, 1);
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ static void qemu_input_queue_delay(struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
     }
 }
 
-static void qemu_input_queue_event(struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
+static void qemu_input_queue_event(QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
                                    QemuConsole *src, InputEvent *evt)
 {
     QemuInputEventQueue *item = g_new0(QemuInputEventQueue, 1);
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ static void qemu_input_queue_event(struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue,
     queue_count++;
 }
 
-static void qemu_input_queue_sync(struct QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue)
+static void qemu_input_queue_sync(QemuInputEventQueueHead *queue)
 {
     QemuInputEventQueue *item = g_new0(QemuInputEventQueue, 1);