diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index b64a009..e60aed4 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -210,10 +210,8 @@
 int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
 #endif
 
-struct DriveInfo;
-
 typedef struct BlockConf {
-    struct DriveInfo *dinfo;
+    BlockDriverState *bs;
     uint16_t physical_block_size;
     uint16_t logical_block_size;
     uint16_t min_io_size;
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@
 }
 
 #define DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(_state, _conf)                          \
-    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", _state, _conf.dinfo),                    \
+    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", _state, _conf.bs),                       \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("logical_block_size", _state,                    \
                        _conf.logical_block_size, 512),                  \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("physical_block_size", _state,                   \
diff --git a/hw/fdc.c b/hw/fdc.c
index 45a876d..08712bc 100644
--- a/hw/fdc.c
+++ b/hw/fdc.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
 } FDiskFlags;
 
 typedef struct FDrive {
-    DriveInfo *dinfo;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     /* Drive status */
     FDriveType drive;
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@
 static void fd_init(FDrive *drv)
 {
     /* Drive */
-    drv->bs = drv->dinfo ? drv->dinfo->bdrv : NULL;
     drv->drive = FDRIVE_DRV_NONE;
     drv->perpendicular = 0;
     /* Disk */
@@ -1862,10 +1860,10 @@
 
     dev = isa_create("isa-fdc");
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "driveA", fds[0]);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "driveA", fds[0]->bdrv);
     }
     if (fds[1]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "driveB", fds[1]);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "driveB", fds[1]->bdrv);
     }
     if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
         return NULL;
@@ -1884,10 +1882,10 @@
     fdctrl = &sys->state;
     fdctrl->dma_chann = dma_chann; /* FIXME */
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveA", fds[0]);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveA", fds[0]->bdrv);
     }
     if (fds[1]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveB", fds[1]);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "driveB", fds[1]->bdrv);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sysbus_connect_irq(&sys->busdev, 0, irq);
@@ -1905,7 +1903,7 @@
 
     dev = qdev_create(NULL, "SUNW,fdtwo");
     if (fds[0]) {
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", fds[0]);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", fds[0]->bdrv);
     }
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sys = DO_UPCAST(FDCtrlSysBus, busdev.qdev, dev);
@@ -2030,8 +2028,8 @@
     .qdev.vmsd  = &vmstate_isa_fdc,
     .qdev.reset = fdctrl_external_reset_isa,
     .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
-        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveA", FDCtrlISABus, state.drives[0].dinfo),
-        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveB", FDCtrlISABus, state.drives[1].dinfo),
+        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveA", FDCtrlISABus, state.drives[0].bs),
+        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveB", FDCtrlISABus, state.drives[1].bs),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
     },
 };
@@ -2053,8 +2051,8 @@
     .qdev.vmsd  = &vmstate_sysbus_fdc,
     .qdev.reset = fdctrl_external_reset_sysbus,
     .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
-        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveA", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[0].dinfo),
-        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveB", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[1].dinfo),
+        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveA", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[0].bs),
+        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("driveB", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[1].bs),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
     },
 };
@@ -2066,7 +2064,7 @@
     .qdev.vmsd  = &vmstate_sysbus_fdc,
     .qdev.reset = fdctrl_external_reset_sysbus,
     .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
-        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[0].dinfo),
+        DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", FDCtrlSysBus, state.drives[0].bs),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
     },
 };
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 0b3b7c2..cc4591b 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -2594,15 +2594,15 @@
     ide_clear_hob(bus);
 }
 
-void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, DriveInfo *dinfo,
+void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
                     const char *version, const char *serial)
 {
     int cylinders, heads, secs;
     uint64_t nb_sectors;
 
-    s->bs = dinfo->bdrv;
-    bdrv_get_geometry(s->bs, &nb_sectors);
-    bdrv_guess_geometry(s->bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs);
+    s->bs = bs;
+    bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &nb_sectors);
+    bdrv_guess_geometry(bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs);
     s->cylinders = cylinders;
     s->heads = heads;
     s->sectors = secs;
@@ -2613,11 +2613,11 @@
     s->smart_autosave = 1;
     s->smart_errors = 0;
     s->smart_selftest_count = 0;
-    if (bdrv_get_type_hint(s->bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM) {
+    if (bdrv_get_type_hint(bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM) {
         s->is_cdrom = 1;
-        bdrv_set_change_cb(s->bs, cdrom_change_cb, s);
+        bdrv_set_change_cb(bs, cdrom_change_cb, s);
     }
-    if (serial && *serial) {
+    if (serial) {
         strncpy(s->drive_serial_str, serial, sizeof(s->drive_serial_str));
     } else {
         snprintf(s->drive_serial_str, sizeof(s->drive_serial_str),
@@ -2668,7 +2668,8 @@
         dinfo = i == 0 ? hd0 : hd1;
         ide_init1(bus, i);
         if (dinfo) {
-            ide_init_drive(&bus->ifs[i], dinfo, NULL, dinfo->serial);
+            ide_init_drive(&bus->ifs[i], dinfo->bdrv, NULL,
+                           *dinfo->serial ? dinfo->serial : NULL);
         } else {
             ide_reset(&bus->ifs[i]);
         }
diff --git a/hw/ide/internal.h b/hw/ide/internal.h
index eef1ee1..0125a9f 100644
--- a/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 void ide_data_writel(void *opaque, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val);
 uint32_t ide_data_readl(void *opaque, uint32_t addr);
 
-void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, DriveInfo *dinfo,
+void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
                     const char *version, const char *serial);
 void ide_init2(IDEBus *bus, qemu_irq irq);
 void ide_init2_with_non_qdev_drives(IDEBus *bus, DriveInfo *hd0,
diff --git a/hw/ide/qdev.c b/hw/ide/qdev.c
index 127478b..a5fdab0 100644
--- a/hw/ide/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/ide/qdev.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     IDEDeviceInfo *info = DO_UPCAST(IDEDeviceInfo, qdev, base);
     IDEBus *bus = DO_UPCAST(IDEBus, qbus, qdev->parent_bus);
 
-    if (!dev->conf.dinfo) {
+    if (!dev->conf.bs) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: no drive specified\n", qdev->info->name);
         goto err;
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, "ide-drive");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "unit", unit);
-    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", drive);
+    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", drive->bdrv);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     return DO_UPCAST(IDEDevice, qdev, dev);
 }
@@ -99,14 +99,18 @@
     IDEBus *bus = DO_UPCAST(IDEBus, qbus, dev->qdev.parent_bus);
     IDEState *s = bus->ifs + dev->unit;
     const char *serial;
+    DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     serial = dev->serial;
     if (!serial) {
         /* try to fall back to value set with legacy -drive serial=... */
-        serial = dev->conf.dinfo->serial;
+        dinfo = drive_get_by_blockdev(dev->conf.bs);
+        if (*dinfo->serial) {
+            serial = dinfo->serial;
+        }
     }
 
-    ide_init_drive(s, dev->conf.dinfo, dev->version, serial);
+    ide_init_drive(s, dev->conf.bs, dev->version, serial);
 
     if (!dev->version) {
         dev->version = qemu_strdup(s->version);
diff --git a/hw/pci-hotplug.c b/hw/pci-hotplug.c
index 55c9fe3..d743192 100644
--- a/hw/pci-hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/pci-hotplug.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
      * specified).
      */
     dinfo->unit = qemu_opt_get_number(dinfo->opts, "unit", -1);
-    scsidev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(scsibus, dinfo, dinfo->unit);
+    scsidev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(scsibus, dinfo->bdrv, dinfo->unit);
     if (!scsidev) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
             return NULL;
         }
         dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, "virtio-blk-pci");
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "drive", dinfo);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "drive", dinfo->bdrv);
         if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
             dev = NULL;
         break;
diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c
index d7dc234..49b3377 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c
@@ -305,33 +305,36 @@
 
 static int parse_drive(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, const char *str)
 {
-    DriveInfo **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    BlockDriverState **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    BlockDriverState *bs;
 
-    *ptr = drive_get_by_id(str);
-    if (*ptr == NULL)
+    bs = bdrv_find(str);
+    if (bs == NULL)
         return -ENOENT;
+    *ptr = bs;
     return 0;
 }
 
 static void free_drive(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop)
 {
-    DriveInfo **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    BlockDriverState **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
 
     if (*ptr) {
-        blockdev_auto_del((*ptr)->bdrv);
+        blockdev_auto_del(*ptr);
     }
 }
 
 static int print_drive(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, char *dest, size_t len)
 {
-    DriveInfo **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
-    return snprintf(dest, len, "%s", (*ptr) ? (*ptr)->id : "<null>");
+    BlockDriverState **ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    return snprintf(dest, len, "%s",
+                    *ptr ? bdrv_get_device_name(*ptr) : "<null>");
 }
 
 PropertyInfo qdev_prop_drive = {
     .name  = "drive",
     .type  = PROP_TYPE_DRIVE,
-    .size  = sizeof(DriveInfo*),
+    .size  = sizeof(BlockDriverState *),
     .parse = parse_drive,
     .print = print_drive,
     .free  = free_drive,
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@
     qdev_prop_set(dev, name, &value, PROP_TYPE_STRING);
 }
 
-void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, DriveInfo *value)
+void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, BlockDriverState *value)
 {
     qdev_prop_set(dev, name, &value, PROP_TYPE_DRIVE);
 }
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index be5ad67..7a01a81 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@
     DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_netdev, VLANClientState*)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_VLAN(_n, _s, _f)             \
     DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_vlan, VLANState*)
-#define DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE(_n, _s, _f)             \
-    DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_drive, DriveInfo*)
+#define DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE(_n, _s, _f) \
+    DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_drive, BlockDriverState *)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_MACADDR(_n, _s, _f)         \
     DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_macaddr, MACAddr)
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 void qdev_prop_set_chr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, CharDriverState *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_netdev(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, VLANClientState *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_vlan(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, VLANState *value);
-void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, DriveInfo *value);
+void qdev_prop_set_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, BlockDriverState *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_macaddr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t *value);
 /* FIXME: Remove opaque pointer properties.  */
 void qdev_prop_set_ptr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, void *value);
diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390-virtio.c
index 898f442..c7c3fc9 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
         }
 
         dev = qdev_create((BusState *)s390_bus, "virtio-blk-s390");
-        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", dinfo);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", dinfo->bdrv);
         qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi-bus.c
index d5b66c1..2c58aca 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-bus.c
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@
 }
 
 /* handle legacy '-drive if=scsi,...' cmd line args */
-SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, DriveInfo *dinfo, int unit)
+SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv, int unit)
 {
     const char *driver;
     DeviceState *dev;
 
-    driver = bdrv_is_sg(dinfo->bdrv) ? "scsi-generic" : "scsi-disk";
+    driver = bdrv_is_sg(bdrv) ? "scsi-generic" : "scsi-disk";
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, driver);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "scsi-id", unit);
-    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", dinfo);
+    qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", bdrv);
     if (qdev_init(dev) < 0)
         return NULL;
     return DO_UPCAST(SCSIDevice, qdev, dev);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         if (dinfo == NULL) {
             continue;
         }
-        if (!scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(bus, dinfo, unit)) {
+        if (!scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(bus, dinfo->bdrv, unit)) {
             res = -1;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index d76e640..e900eff 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1043,26 +1043,24 @@
     SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, dev);
 
     scsi_disk_purge_requests(s);
-    blockdev_mark_auto_del(s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv);
+    blockdev_mark_auto_del(s->qdev.conf.bs);
 }
 
 static int scsi_disk_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
 {
     SCSIDiskState *s = DO_UPCAST(SCSIDiskState, qdev, dev);
+    DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
-    if (!s->qdev.conf.dinfo || !s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv) {
+    if (!s->qdev.conf.bs) {
         error_report("scsi-disk: drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
-    s->bs = s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv;
+    s->bs = s->qdev.conf.bs;
 
     if (!s->serial) {
-        if (*dev->conf.dinfo->serial) {
-            /* try to fall back to value set with legacy -drive serial=... */
-            s->serial = qemu_strdup(dev->conf.dinfo->serial);
-        } else {
-            s->serial = qemu_strdup("0");
-        }
+        /* try to fall back to value set with legacy -drive serial=... */
+        dinfo = drive_get_by_blockdev(s->bs);
+        s->serial = qemu_strdup(*dinfo->serial ? dinfo->serial : "0");
     }
 
     if (!s->version) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi-generic.c
index 1859c94..79347f4 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-generic.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
         r = DO_UPCAST(SCSIGenericReq, req, QTAILQ_FIRST(&s->qdev.requests));
         scsi_remove_request(r);
     }
-    blockdev_mark_auto_del(s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv);
+    blockdev_mark_auto_del(s->qdev.conf.bs);
 }
 
 static int scsi_generic_initfn(SCSIDevice *dev)
@@ -462,11 +462,11 @@
     int sg_version;
     struct sg_scsi_id scsiid;
 
-    if (!s->qdev.conf.dinfo || !s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv) {
+    if (!s->qdev.conf.bs) {
         error_report("scsi-generic: drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
-    s->bs = s->qdev.conf.dinfo->bdrv;
+    s->bs = s->qdev.conf.bs;
 
     /* check we are really using a /dev/sg* file */
     if (!bdrv_is_sg(s->bs)) {
diff --git a/hw/scsi.h b/hw/scsi.h
index b1b5f73..4fbf1d5 100644
--- a/hw/scsi.h
+++ b/hw/scsi.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     return DO_UPCAST(SCSIBus, qbus, d->qdev.parent_bus);
 }
 
-SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, DriveInfo *dinfo, int unit);
+SCSIDevice *scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(SCSIBus *bus, BlockDriverState *bdrv, int unit);
 int scsi_bus_legacy_handle_cmdline(SCSIBus *bus);
 
 void scsi_dev_clear_sense(SCSIDevice *dev);
diff --git a/hw/usb-msd.c b/hw/usb-msd.c
index 3dbfcab..19a14b4 100644
--- a/hw/usb-msd.c
+++ b/hw/usb-msd.c
@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@
 static int usb_msd_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
 {
     MSDState *s = DO_UPCAST(MSDState, dev, dev);
-    DriveInfo *dinfo = s->conf.dinfo;
+    BlockDriverState *bs = s->conf.bs;
 
-    if (!dinfo || !dinfo->bdrv) {
+    if (!bs) {
         error_report("usb-msd: drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
@@ -538,21 +538,20 @@
      *
      * The hack is probably a bad idea.
      */
-    s->conf.dinfo = NULL;
+    s->conf.bs = NULL;
 
     s->dev.speed = USB_SPEED_FULL;
     scsi_bus_new(&s->bus, &s->dev.qdev, 0, 1, usb_msd_command_complete);
-    s->scsi_dev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(&s->bus, dinfo, 0);
+    s->scsi_dev = scsi_bus_legacy_add_drive(&s->bus, bs, 0);
     if (!s->scsi_dev) {
         return -1;
     }
     s->bus.qbus.allow_hotplug = 0;
     usb_msd_handle_reset(dev);
 
-    if (bdrv_key_required(dinfo->bdrv)) {
+    if (bdrv_key_required(bs)) {
         if (cur_mon) {
-            monitor_read_bdrv_key_start(cur_mon, dinfo->bdrv,
-                                        usb_msd_password_cb, s);
+            monitor_read_bdrv_key_start(cur_mon, bs, usb_msd_password_cb, s);
             s->dev.auto_attach = 0;
         } else {
             autostart = 0;
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@
     if (!dev) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "drive", dinfo);
+    qdev_prop_set_drive(&dev->qdev, "drive", dinfo->bdrv);
     if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index 0bf929a..71c5d21 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
     s->vdev.get_config = virtio_blk_update_config;
     s->vdev.get_features = virtio_blk_get_features;
     s->vdev.reset = virtio_blk_reset;
-    s->bs = conf->dinfo->bdrv;
+    s->bs = conf->bs;
     s->conf = conf;
     s->rq = NULL;
     s->sector_mask = (s->conf->logical_block_size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) - 1;
diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index 31a68fe..c6ef825 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
         proxy->class_code != PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_OTHER)
         proxy->class_code = PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_SCSI;
 
-    if (!proxy->block.dinfo) {
+    if (!proxy->block.bs) {
         error_report("virtio-blk-pci: drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 {
     VirtIOPCIProxy *proxy = DO_UPCAST(VirtIOPCIProxy, pci_dev, pci_dev);
 
-    blockdev_mark_auto_del(proxy->block.dinfo->bdrv);
+    blockdev_mark_auto_del(proxy->block.bs);
     return virtio_exit_pci(pci_dev);
 }