diff --git a/system/qtest.c b/system/qtest.c
index 12703a20455..a2de9a7d5a4 100644
--- a/system/qtest.c
+++ b/system/qtest.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
 #include "exec/ioport.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "exec/tswap.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
@@ -514,23 +515,19 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
 
         if (words[0][5] == 'b') {
             uint8_t data = value;
-            address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                &data, 1);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, &data, 1);
         } else if (words[0][5] == 'w') {
             uint16_t data = value;
             tswap16s(&data);
-            address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                &data, 2);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, &data, 2);
         } else if (words[0][5] == 'l') {
             uint32_t data = value;
             tswap32s(&data);
-            address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                &data, 4);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, &data, 4);
         } else if (words[0][5] == 'q') {
             uint64_t data = value;
             tswap64s(&data);
-            address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                &data, 8);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, &data, 8);
         }
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
         qtest_send(chr, "OK\n");
@@ -548,22 +545,18 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
 
         if (words[0][4] == 'b') {
             uint8_t data;
-            address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                               &data, 1);
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, &data, 1);
             value = data;
         } else if (words[0][4] == 'w') {
             uint16_t data;
-            address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                               &data, 2);
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, &data, 2);
             value = tswap16(data);
         } else if (words[0][4] == 'l') {
             uint32_t data;
-            address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                               &data, 4);
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, &data, 4);
             value = tswap32(data);
         } else if (words[0][4] == 'q') {
-            address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                               &value, 8);
+            cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, &value, 8);
             tswap64s(&value);
         }
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
@@ -583,9 +576,7 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
         g_assert(len);
 
         data = g_malloc(len);
-        address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, data,
-                           len);
-
+        cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, data, len);
         enc = qemu_hexdump_line(NULL, data, len, 0, 0);
 
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
@@ -605,8 +596,7 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
         g_assert(ret == 0);
 
         data = g_malloc(len);
-        address_space_read(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, data,
-                           len);
+        cpu_physical_memory_read(addr, data, len);
         b64_data = g_base64_encode(data, len);
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
         qtest_sendf(chr, "OK %s\n", b64_data);
@@ -640,8 +630,7 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
                 data[i] = 0;
             }
         }
-        address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, data,
-                            len);
+        cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, data, len);
         g_free(data);
 
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
@@ -663,8 +652,7 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
         if (len) {
             data = g_malloc(len);
             memset(data, pattern, len);
-            address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                data, len);
+            cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, data, len);
             g_free(data);
         }
 
@@ -696,9 +684,7 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
                            len, out_len);
             out_len = MIN(out_len, len);
         }
-
-        address_space_write(first_cpu->as, addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, data,
-                            len);
+        cpu_physical_memory_write(addr, data, len);
 
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
         qtest_send(chr, "OK\n");
