diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci-internal.h b/hw/ide/ahci-internal.h
index 7e63ea2310..a318f36811 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ahci-internal.h
+++ b/hw/ide/ahci-internal.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #define HW_IDE_AHCI_INTERNAL_H
 
 #include "hw/ide/ahci.h"
-#include "hw/pci/pci_device.h"
 #include "ide-internal.h"
 
 #define AHCI_MEM_BAR_SIZE         0x1000
diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci.c b/hw/ide/ahci.c
index 0eb24304ee..5836aa924b 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ahci.c
+++ b/hw/ide/ahci.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
-#include "hw/pci/msi.h"
-#include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
-#include "hw/ide/pci.h"
-#include "hw/ide/ahci-pci.h"
 #include "hw/ide/ahci-sysbus.h"
 #include "ahci-internal.h"
 #include "ide-internal.h"
@@ -179,34 +175,6 @@ static uint32_t ahci_port_read(AHCIState *s, int port, int offset)
     return val;
 }
 
-static void ahci_irq_raise(AHCIState *s)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev_state = s->container;
-    PCIDevice *pci_dev = (PCIDevice *) object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev_state),
-                                                           TYPE_PCI_DEVICE);
-
-    trace_ahci_irq_raise(s);
-
-    if (pci_dev && msi_enabled(pci_dev)) {
-        msi_notify(pci_dev, 0);
-    } else {
-        qemu_irq_raise(s->irq);
-    }
-}
-
-static void ahci_irq_lower(AHCIState *s)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev_state = s->container;
-    PCIDevice *pci_dev = (PCIDevice *) object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev_state),
-                                                           TYPE_PCI_DEVICE);
-
-    trace_ahci_irq_lower(s);
-
-    if (!pci_dev || !msi_enabled(pci_dev)) {
-        qemu_irq_lower(s->irq);
-    }
-}
-
 static void ahci_check_irq(AHCIState *s)
 {
     int i;
@@ -222,9 +190,11 @@ static void ahci_check_irq(AHCIState *s)
     trace_ahci_check_irq(s, old_irq, s->control_regs.irqstatus);
     if (s->control_regs.irqstatus &&
         (s->control_regs.ghc & HOST_CTL_IRQ_EN)) {
-            ahci_irq_raise(s);
+        trace_ahci_irq_raise(s);
+        qemu_irq_raise(s->irq);
     } else {
-        ahci_irq_lower(s);
+        trace_ahci_irq_lower(s);
+        qemu_irq_lower(s->irq);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1608,7 +1578,6 @@ static const IDEDMAOps ahci_dma_ops = {
 
 void ahci_init(AHCIState *s, DeviceState *qdev)
 {
-    s->container = qdev;
     /* XXX BAR size should be 1k, but that breaks, so bump it to 4k for now */
     memory_region_init_io(&s->mem, OBJECT(qdev), &ahci_mem_ops, s,
                           "ahci", AHCI_MEM_BAR_SIZE);
diff --git a/hw/ide/ich.c b/hw/ide/ich.c
index b311450c12..c99a44df8e 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ich.c
+++ b/hw/ide/ich.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/pci/msi.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
@@ -91,6 +90,19 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_ich9_ahci = {
     },
 };
 
+static void pci_ich9_ahci_update_irq(void *opaque, int irq_num, int level)
+{
+    PCIDevice *pci_dev = opaque;
+
+    if (msi_enabled(pci_dev)) {
+        if (level) {
+            msi_notify(pci_dev, 0);
+        }
+    } else {
+        pci_set_irq(pci_dev, level);
+    }
+}
+
 static void pci_ich9_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     AHCIPCIState *d = ICH9_AHCI(dev);
@@ -102,7 +114,9 @@ static void pci_ich9_ahci_init(Object *obj)
 {
     AHCIPCIState *d = ICH9_AHCI(obj);
 
+    qemu_init_irq(&d->irq, pci_ich9_ahci_update_irq, d, 0);
     ahci_init(&d->ahci, DEVICE(obj));
+    d->ahci.irq = &d->irq;
 }
 
 static void pci_ich9_ahci_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -125,8 +139,6 @@ static void pci_ich9_ahci_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     /* XXX Software should program this register */
     dev->config[0x90]   = 1 << 6; /* Address Map Register - AHCI mode */
 
-    d->ahci.irq = pci_allocate_irq(dev);
-
     pci_register_bar(dev, ICH9_IDP_BAR, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO,
                      &d->ahci.idp);
     pci_register_bar(dev, ICH9_MEM_BAR, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY,
@@ -161,7 +173,6 @@ static void pci_ich9_uninit(PCIDevice *dev)
 
     msi_uninit(dev);
     ahci_uninit(&d->ahci);
-    qemu_free_irq(d->ahci.irq);
 }
 
 static void ich_ahci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/ahci-pci.h b/include/hw/ide/ahci-pci.h
index c2ee616962..face1a9a4a 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/ahci-pci.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/ahci-pci.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "hw/ide/ahci.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_device.h"
+#include "hw/irq.h"
 
 #define TYPE_ICH9_AHCI "ich9-ahci"
 OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(AHCIPCIState, ICH9_AHCI)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ struct AHCIPCIState {
     PCIDevice parent_obj;
 
     AHCIState ahci;
+    IRQState irq;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/ahci.h b/include/hw/ide/ahci.h
index ba31e75ff9..ac0292c634 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/ahci.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/ahci.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ typedef struct AHCIControlRegs {
 } AHCIControlRegs;
 
 typedef struct AHCIState {
-    DeviceState *container;
-
     AHCIDevice *dev;
     AHCIControlRegs control_regs;
     MemoryRegion mem;