diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index b66b936a958..1a8084c4601 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ bool write_list_to_kvmstate(ARMCPU *cpu, int level)
     bool ok = true;
 
     for (i = 0; i < cpu->cpreg_array_len; i++) {
-        struct kvm_one_reg r;
         uint64_t regidx = cpu->cpreg_indexes[i];
         uint32_t v32;
         int ret;
@@ -598,19 +597,17 @@ bool write_list_to_kvmstate(ARMCPU *cpu, int level)
             continue;
         }
 
-        r.id = regidx;
         switch (regidx & KVM_REG_SIZE_MASK) {
         case KVM_REG_SIZE_U32:
             v32 = cpu->cpreg_values[i];
-            r.addr = (uintptr_t)&v32;
+            ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, regidx, &v32);
             break;
         case KVM_REG_SIZE_U64:
-            r.addr = (uintptr_t)(cpu->cpreg_values + i);
+            ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, regidx, cpu->cpreg_values + i);
             break;
         default:
             g_assert_not_reached();
         }
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &r);
         if (ret) {
             /* We might fail for "unknown register" and also for
              * "you tried to set a register which is constant with
@@ -731,17 +728,13 @@ void kvm_arm_get_virtual_time(CPUState *cs)
 void kvm_arm_put_virtual_time(CPUState *cs)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
-    struct kvm_one_reg reg = {
-        .id = KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CNT,
-        .addr = (uintptr_t)&cpu->kvm_vtime,
-    };
     int ret;
 
     if (!cpu->kvm_vtime_dirty) {
         return;
     }
 
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CNT, &cpu->kvm_vtime);
     if (ret) {
         error_report("Failed to set KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CNT");
         abort();
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index 5e95c496bb9..047b269a791 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -540,14 +540,10 @@ static int kvm_arm_sve_set_vls(CPUState *cs)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     uint64_t vls[KVM_ARM64_SVE_VLS_WORDS] = { cpu->sve_vq.map };
-    struct kvm_one_reg reg = {
-        .id = KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS,
-        .addr = (uint64_t)&vls[0],
-    };
 
     assert(cpu->sve_max_vq <= KVM_ARM64_SVE_VQ_MAX);
 
-    return kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    return kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS, &vls[0]);
 }
 
 #define ARM_CPU_ID_MPIDR       3, 0, 0, 0, 5
@@ -726,19 +722,17 @@ static void kvm_inject_arm_sea(CPUState *c)
 static int kvm_arch_put_fpsimd(CPUState *cs)
 {
     CPUARMState *env = &ARM_CPU(cs)->env;
-    struct kvm_one_reg reg;
     int i, ret;
 
     for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
         uint64_t *q = aa64_vfp_qreg(env, i);
 #if HOST_BIG_ENDIAN
         uint64_t fp_val[2] = { q[1], q[0] };
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t)fp_val;
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_SIMD_CORE_REG(fp_regs.vregs[i]),
+                                                        fp_val);
 #else
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t)q;
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_SIMD_CORE_REG(fp_regs.vregs[i]), q);
 #endif
-        reg.id = AARCH64_SIMD_CORE_REG(fp_regs.vregs[i]);
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -759,14 +753,11 @@ static int kvm_arch_put_sve(CPUState *cs)
     CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
     uint64_t tmp[ARM_MAX_VQ * 2];
     uint64_t *r;
-    struct kvm_one_reg reg;
     int n, ret;
 
     for (n = 0; n < KVM_ARM64_SVE_NUM_ZREGS; ++n) {
         r = sve_bswap64(tmp, &env->vfp.zregs[n].d[0], cpu->sve_max_vq * 2);
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t)r;
-        reg.id = KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG(n, 0);
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG(n, 0), r);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -775,9 +766,7 @@ static int kvm_arch_put_sve(CPUState *cs)
     for (n = 0; n < KVM_ARM64_SVE_NUM_PREGS; ++n) {
         r = sve_bswap64(tmp, r = &env->vfp.pregs[n].p[0],
                         DIV_ROUND_UP(cpu->sve_max_vq * 2, 8));
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t)r;
-        reg.id = KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_PREG(n, 0);
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_PREG(n, 0), r);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -785,9 +774,7 @@ static int kvm_arch_put_sve(CPUState *cs)
 
     r = sve_bswap64(tmp, &env->vfp.pregs[FFR_PRED_NUM].p[0],
                     DIV_ROUND_UP(cpu->sve_max_vq * 2, 8));
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t)r;
-    reg.id = KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_FFR(0);
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_FFR(0), r);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -797,7 +784,6 @@ static int kvm_arch_put_sve(CPUState *cs)
 
 int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
 {
-    struct kvm_one_reg reg;
     uint64_t val;
     uint32_t fpr;
     int i, ret;
@@ -814,9 +800,8 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < 31; i++) {
-        reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.regs[i]);
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->xregs[i];
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.regs[i]),
+                              &env->xregs[i]);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -827,16 +812,12 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
      */
     aarch64_save_sp(env, 1);
 
-    reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.sp);
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->sp_el[0];
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.sp), &env->sp_el[0]);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(sp_el1);
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->sp_el[1];
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(sp_el1), &env->sp_el[1]);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -847,23 +828,17 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
     } else {
         val = cpsr_read(env);
     }
-    reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.pstate);
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &val;
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.pstate), &val);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.pc);
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->pc;
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(regs.pc), &env->pc);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(elr_el1);
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->elr_el[1];
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(elr_el1), &env->elr_el[1]);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -882,9 +857,8 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
 
     /* KVM 0-4 map to QEMU banks 1-5 */
     for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_SPSR; i++) {
-        reg.id = AARCH64_CORE_REG(spsr[i]);
-        reg.addr = (uintptr_t) &env->banked_spsr[i + 1];
-        ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+        ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_CORE_REG(spsr[i]),
+                              &env->banked_spsr[i + 1]);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -899,18 +873,14 @@ int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cs, int level)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t)(&fpr);
     fpr = vfp_get_fpsr(env);
-    reg.id = AARCH64_SIMD_CTRL_REG(fp_regs.fpsr);
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_SIMD_CTRL_REG(fp_regs.fpsr), &fpr);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
 
-    reg.addr = (uintptr_t)(&fpr);
     fpr = vfp_get_fpcr(env);
-    reg.id = AARCH64_SIMD_CTRL_REG(fp_regs.fpcr);
-    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_ONE_REG, &reg);
+    ret = kvm_set_one_reg(cs, AARCH64_SIMD_CTRL_REG(fp_regs.fpcr), &fpr);
     if (ret) {
         return ret;
     }
