diff --git a/tests/plugin/bb.c b/tests/plugin/bb.c
index df50d1fd3bc..36776dee1e1 100644
--- a/tests/plugin/bb.c
+++ b/tests/plugin/bb.c
@@ -17,27 +17,25 @@
 QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version = QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION;
 
 typedef struct {
-    GMutex lock;
-    int index;
     uint64_t bb_count;
     uint64_t insn_count;
 } CPUCount;
 
-/* Used by the inline & linux-user counts */
+static struct qemu_plugin_scoreboard *counts;
+static qemu_plugin_u64 bb_count;
+static qemu_plugin_u64 insn_count;
+
 static bool do_inline;
-static CPUCount inline_count;
-
 /* Dump running CPU total on idle? */
 static bool idle_report;
-static GPtrArray *counts;
-static int max_cpus;
 
-static void gen_one_cpu_report(CPUCount *count, GString *report)
+static void gen_one_cpu_report(CPUCount *count, GString *report,
+                               unsigned int cpu_index)
 {
     if (count->bb_count) {
         g_string_append_printf(report, "CPU%d: "
                                "bb's: %" PRIu64", insns: %" PRIu64 "\n",
-                               count->index,
+                               cpu_index,
                                count->bb_count, count->insn_count);
     }
 }
@@ -46,20 +44,23 @@ static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) report = g_string_new("");
 
-    if (do_inline || !max_cpus) {
-        g_string_printf(report, "bb's: %" PRIu64", insns: %" PRIu64 "\n",
-                        inline_count.bb_count, inline_count.insn_count);
-    } else {
-        g_ptr_array_foreach(counts, (GFunc) gen_one_cpu_report, report);
+    for (int i = 0; i < qemu_plugin_num_vcpus(); ++i) {
+        CPUCount *count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_find(counts, i);
+        gen_one_cpu_report(count, report, i);
     }
+    g_string_append_printf(report, "Total: "
+                           "bb's: %" PRIu64", insns: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+                           qemu_plugin_u64_sum(bb_count),
+                           qemu_plugin_u64_sum(insn_count));
     qemu_plugin_outs(report->str);
+    qemu_plugin_scoreboard_free(counts);
 }
 
 static void vcpu_idle(qemu_plugin_id_t id, unsigned int cpu_index)
 {
-    CPUCount *count = g_ptr_array_index(counts, cpu_index);
+    CPUCount *count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_find(counts, cpu_index);
     g_autoptr(GString) report = g_string_new("");
-    gen_one_cpu_report(count, report);
+    gen_one_cpu_report(count, report, cpu_index);
 
     if (report->len > 0) {
         g_string_prepend(report, "Idling ");
@@ -69,14 +70,11 @@ static void vcpu_idle(qemu_plugin_id_t id, unsigned int cpu_index)
 
 static void vcpu_tb_exec(unsigned int cpu_index, void *udata)
 {
-    CPUCount *count = max_cpus ?
-        g_ptr_array_index(counts, cpu_index) : &inline_count;
+    CPUCount *count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_find(counts, cpu_index);
 
     uintptr_t n_insns = (uintptr_t)udata;
-    g_mutex_lock(&count->lock);
     count->insn_count += n_insns;
     count->bb_count++;
-    g_mutex_unlock(&count->lock);
 }
 
 static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
@@ -84,11 +82,10 @@ static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
     size_t n_insns = qemu_plugin_tb_n_insns(tb);
 
     if (do_inline) {
-        qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_exec_inline(tb, QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64,
-                                                 &inline_count.bb_count, 1);
-        qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_exec_inline(tb, QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64,
-                                                 &inline_count.insn_count,
-                                                 n_insns);
+        qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_exec_inline_per_vcpu(
+            tb, QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64, bb_count, 1);
+        qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_exec_inline_per_vcpu(
+            tb, QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64, insn_count, n_insns);
     } else {
         qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_exec_cb(tb, vcpu_tb_exec,
                                              QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS,
@@ -121,18 +118,10 @@ QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id,
         }
     }
 
-    if (info->system_emulation && !do_inline) {
-        max_cpus = info->system.max_vcpus;
-        counts = g_ptr_array_new();
-        for (i = 0; i < max_cpus; i++) {
-            CPUCount *count = g_new0(CPUCount, 1);
-            g_mutex_init(&count->lock);
-            count->index = i;
-            g_ptr_array_add(counts, count);
-        }
-    } else if (!do_inline) {
-        g_mutex_init(&inline_count.lock);
-    }
+    counts = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new(sizeof(CPUCount));
+    bb_count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_u64_in_struct(counts, CPUCount, bb_count);
+    insn_count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_u64_in_struct(
+        counts, CPUCount, insn_count);
 
     if (idle_report) {
         qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_idle_cb(id, vcpu_idle);
