diff --git a/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c b/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
index 9d0d594..283a6b8 100644
--- a/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
+++ b/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/type-helpers.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "target/ppc/cpu.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
-#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/fdt.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
@@ -701,12 +699,10 @@
     }
 }
 
-static void spapr_xive_print_info(SpaprInterruptController *intc, Monitor *mon)
+static void spapr_xive_print_info(SpaprInterruptController *intc, GString *buf)
 {
     SpaprXive *xive = SPAPR_XIVE(intc);
     CPUState *cs;
-    g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new("");
-    g_autoptr(HumanReadableText) info = NULL;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
         PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
@@ -714,9 +710,6 @@
         xive_tctx_pic_print_info(spapr_cpu_state(cpu)->tctx, buf);
     }
     spapr_xive_pic_print_info(xive, buf);
-
-    info = human_readable_text_from_str(buf);
-    monitor_puts(mon, info->human_readable_text);
 }
 
 static void spapr_xive_dt(SpaprInterruptController *intc, uint32_t nr_servers,
diff --git a/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c b/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
index 1926373..a0d97bd 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include "hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/fdt.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
-#include "qapi/type-helpers.h"
-#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
 /*
  * Guest interfaces
@@ -397,12 +395,10 @@
     ics_set_irq(ics, srcno, val);
 }
 
-static void xics_spapr_print_info(SpaprInterruptController *intc, Monitor *mon)
+static void xics_spapr_print_info(SpaprInterruptController *intc, GString *buf)
 {
     ICSState *ics = ICS_SPAPR(intc);
     CPUState *cs;
-    g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new("");
-    g_autoptr(HumanReadableText) info = NULL;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
         PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
@@ -410,9 +406,6 @@
         icp_pic_print_info(spapr_cpu_state(cpu)->icp, buf);
     }
     ics_pic_print_info(ics, buf);
-
-    info = human_readable_text_from_str(buf);
-    monitor_puts(mon, info->human_readable_text);
 }
 
 static int xics_spapr_post_load(SpaprInterruptController *intc, int version_id)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
index 97b2fc4..b43917e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/type-helpers.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "hw/ppc/xics.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "cpu-models.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 
@@ -269,8 +271,12 @@
 {
     SpaprInterruptControllerClass *sicc
         = SPAPR_INTC_GET_CLASS(spapr->active_intc);
+    g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new("");
+    g_autoptr(HumanReadableText) info = NULL;
 
-    sicc->print_info(spapr->active_intc, mon);
+    sicc->print_info(spapr->active_intc, buf);
+    info = human_readable_text_from_str(buf);
+    monitor_puts(mon, info->human_readable_text);
 }
 
 void spapr_irq_dt(SpaprMachineState *spapr, uint32_t nr_servers,
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
index 4fd2d58..6e50470 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     /* These methods should only be called on the active intc */
     void (*set_irq)(SpaprInterruptController *intc, int irq, int val);
-    void (*print_info)(SpaprInterruptController *intc, Monitor *mon);
+    void (*print_info)(SpaprInterruptController *intc, GString *buf);
     void (*dt)(SpaprInterruptController *intc, uint32_t nr_servers,
                void *fdt, uint32_t phandle);
     int (*post_load)(SpaprInterruptController *intc, int version_id);