diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h
index fc4fd1f7fe..9cce600d0b 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-pmem.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct VirtIOPMEM {
 
 struct VirtIOPMEMClass {
     /* private */
-    VirtIODevice parent;
+    VirtioDeviceClass parent_class;
 
     /* public */
     void (*fill_device_info)(const VirtIOPMEM *pmem, VirtioPMEMDeviceInfo *vi);