diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index bc8c065..c233d4e 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -6515,7 +6515,7 @@
     env = info->env;
     cpu = env_cpu(env);
     thread_cpu = cpu;
-    ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
+    ts = get_task_state(cpu);
     info->tid = sys_gettid();
     task_settid(ts);
     if (info->child_tidptr)
@@ -6557,7 +6557,7 @@
         flags &= ~(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM);
 
     if (flags & CLONE_VM) {
-        TaskState *parent_ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
+        TaskState *parent_ts = get_task_state(cpu);
         new_thread_info info;
         pthread_attr_t attr;
 
@@ -6680,7 +6680,7 @@
                 put_user_u32(sys_gettid(), child_tidptr);
             if (flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
                 put_user_u32(sys_gettid(), parent_tidptr);
-            ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
+            ts = get_task_state(cpu);
             if (flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
                 cpu_set_tls (env, newtls);
             if (flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID)
@@ -7946,7 +7946,7 @@
 static int open_self_cmdline(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int fd)
 {
     CPUState *cpu = env_cpu(cpu_env);
-    struct linux_binprm *bprm = ((TaskState *)cpu->opaque)->bprm;
+    struct linux_binprm *bprm = get_task_state(cpu)->bprm;
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < bprm->argc; i++) {
@@ -8146,7 +8146,7 @@
 static int open_self_stat(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int fd)
 {
     CPUState *cpu = env_cpu(cpu_env);
-    TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+    TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
     g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new(NULL);
     int i;
 
@@ -8187,7 +8187,7 @@
 static int open_self_auxv(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int fd)
 {
     CPUState *cpu = env_cpu(cpu_env);
-    TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+    TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
     abi_ulong auxv = ts->info->saved_auxv;
     abi_ulong len = ts->info->auxv_len;
     char *ptr;
@@ -9012,7 +9012,7 @@
         pthread_mutex_lock(&clone_lock);
 
         if (CPU_NEXT(first_cpu)) {
-            TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+            TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
 
             if (ts->child_tidptr) {
                 put_user_u32(0, ts->child_tidptr);
@@ -9439,7 +9439,7 @@
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_pause /* not on alpha */
     case TARGET_NR_pause:
         if (!block_signals()) {
-            sigsuspend(&((TaskState *)cpu->opaque)->signal_mask);
+            sigsuspend(&get_task_state(cpu)->signal_mask);
         }
         return -TARGET_EINTR;
 #endif
@@ -10005,7 +10005,7 @@
             sigset_t *set;
 
 #if defined(TARGET_ALPHA)
-            TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+            TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
             /* target_to_host_old_sigset will bswap back */
             abi_ulong mask = tswapal(arg1);
             set = &ts->sigsuspend_mask;
@@ -10406,7 +10406,7 @@
     case TARGET_NR_mprotect:
         arg1 = cpu_untagged_addr(cpu, arg1);
         {
-            TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+            TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
             /* Special hack to detect libc making the stack executable.  */
             if ((arg3 & PROT_GROWSDOWN)
                 && arg1 >= ts->info->stack_limit
@@ -12537,7 +12537,7 @@
       return do_set_thread_area(cpu_env, arg1);
 #elif defined(TARGET_M68K)
       {
-          TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+          TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
           ts->tp_value = arg1;
           return 0;
       }
@@ -12551,7 +12551,7 @@
         return do_get_thread_area(cpu_env, arg1);
 #elif defined(TARGET_M68K)
         {
-            TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+            TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
             return ts->tp_value;
         }
 #else
@@ -12676,7 +12676,7 @@
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_set_tid_address)
     case TARGET_NR_set_tid_address:
     {
-        TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+        TaskState *ts = get_task_state(cpu);
         ts->child_tidptr = arg1;
         /* do not call host set_tid_address() syscall, instead return tid() */
         return get_errno(sys_gettid());