diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 78d5a4f1640..ae831b6b3e3 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -1492,10 +1492,8 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
 
     g->ctrl_vq = virtio_get_queue(vdev, 0);
     g->cursor_vq = virtio_get_queue(vdev, 1);
-    g->ctrl_bh = qemu_bh_new_guarded(virtio_gpu_ctrl_bh, g,
-                                     &qdev->mem_reentrancy_guard);
-    g->cursor_bh = qemu_bh_new_guarded(virtio_gpu_cursor_bh, g,
-                                       &qdev->mem_reentrancy_guard);
+    g->ctrl_bh = virtio_bh_new_guarded(qdev, virtio_gpu_ctrl_bh, g);
+    g->cursor_bh = virtio_bh_new_guarded(qdev, virtio_gpu_cursor_bh, g);
     g->reset_bh = qemu_bh_new(virtio_gpu_reset_bh, g);
     qemu_cond_init(&g->reset_cond);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);