diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 3b022e8da9e..bed60afbe22 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,13 @@ static bool spapr_get_pate(PPCVirtualHypervisor *vhyp, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     }
 }
 
-#define HPTE(_table, _i)   (void *)(((uint64_t *)(_table)) + ((_i) * 2))
+static uint64_t *hpte_get_ptr(SpaprMachineState *s, unsigned index)
+{
+    uint64_t *table = s->htab;
+
+    return &table[2 * index];
+}
+
 #define HPTE_VALID(_hpte)  (tswap64(*((uint64_t *)(_hpte))) & HPTE64_V_VALID)
 #define HPTE_DIRTY(_hpte)  (tswap64(*((uint64_t *)(_hpte))) & HPTE64_V_HPTE_DIRTY)
 #define CLEAN_HPTE(_hpte)  ((*(uint64_t *)(_hpte)) &= tswap64(~HPTE64_V_HPTE_DIRTY))
@@ -1614,7 +1620,7 @@ int spapr_reallocate_hpt(SpaprMachineState *spapr, int shift, Error **errp)
         spapr->htab_shift = shift;
 
         for (i = 0; i < size / HASH_PTE_SIZE_64; i++) {
-            DIRTY_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, i));
+            DIRTY_HPTE(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, i));
         }
     }
     /* We're setting up a hash table, so that means we're not radix */
@@ -2172,7 +2178,7 @@ static void htab_save_chunk(QEMUFile *f, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
     qemu_put_be32(f, chunkstart);
     qemu_put_be16(f, n_valid);
     qemu_put_be16(f, n_invalid);
-    qemu_put_buffer(f, HPTE(spapr->htab, chunkstart),
+    qemu_put_buffer(f, (void *)hpte_get_ptr(spapr, chunkstart),
                     HASH_PTE_SIZE_64 * n_valid);
 }
 
@@ -2198,16 +2204,16 @@ static void htab_save_first_pass(QEMUFile *f, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
 
         /* Consume invalid HPTEs */
         while ((index < htabslots)
-               && !HPTE_VALID(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))) {
-            CLEAN_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, index));
+               && !HPTE_VALID(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))) {
+            CLEAN_HPTE(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index));
             index++;
         }
 
         /* Consume valid HPTEs */
         chunkstart = index;
         while ((index < htabslots) && (index - chunkstart < USHRT_MAX)
-               && HPTE_VALID(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))) {
-            CLEAN_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, index));
+               && HPTE_VALID(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))) {
+            CLEAN_HPTE(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index));
             index++;
         }
 
@@ -2247,7 +2253,7 @@ static int htab_save_later_pass(QEMUFile *f, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
 
         /* Consume non-dirty HPTEs */
         while ((index < htabslots)
-               && !HPTE_DIRTY(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))) {
+               && !HPTE_DIRTY(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))) {
             index++;
             examined++;
         }
@@ -2255,9 +2261,9 @@ static int htab_save_later_pass(QEMUFile *f, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
         chunkstart = index;
         /* Consume valid dirty HPTEs */
         while ((index < htabslots) && (index - chunkstart < USHRT_MAX)
-               && HPTE_DIRTY(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))
-               && HPTE_VALID(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))) {
-            CLEAN_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, index));
+               && HPTE_DIRTY(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))
+               && HPTE_VALID(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))) {
+            CLEAN_HPTE(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index));
             index++;
             examined++;
         }
@@ -2265,9 +2271,9 @@ static int htab_save_later_pass(QEMUFile *f, SpaprMachineState *spapr,
         invalidstart = index;
         /* Consume invalid dirty HPTEs */
         while ((index < htabslots) && (index - invalidstart < USHRT_MAX)
-               && HPTE_DIRTY(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))
-               && !HPTE_VALID(HPTE(spapr->htab, index))) {
-            CLEAN_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, index));
+               && HPTE_DIRTY(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))
+               && !HPTE_VALID(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index))) {
+            CLEAN_HPTE(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index));
             index++;
             examined++;
         }
@@ -2449,11 +2455,11 @@ static int htab_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 
         if (spapr->htab) {
             if (n_valid) {
-                qemu_get_buffer(f, HPTE(spapr->htab, index),
+                qemu_get_buffer(f, (void *)hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index),
                                 HASH_PTE_SIZE_64 * n_valid);
             }
             if (n_invalid) {
-                memset(HPTE(spapr->htab, index + n_valid), 0,
+                memset(hpte_get_ptr(spapr, index + n_valid), 0,
                        HASH_PTE_SIZE_64 * n_invalid);
             }
         } else {
