diff --git a/accel/tcg/internal-common.h b/accel/tcg/internal-common.h
index cbeff39e3e..cff43d221b 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/internal-common.h
+++ b/accel/tcg/internal-common.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static inline bool cpu_in_serial_context(CPUState *cs)
 static inline bool cpu_plugin_mem_cbs_enabled(const CPUState *cpu)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
-    return !!cpu->plugin_mem_cbs;
+    return !!cpu->neg.plugin_mem_cbs;
 #else
     return false;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index a001bafcf8..6efd7353be 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -342,9 +342,16 @@ typedef union IcountDecr {
  * CPUNegativeOffsetState: Elements of CPUState most efficiently accessed
  *                         from CPUArchState, via small negative offsets.
  * @can_do_io: True if memory-mapped IO is allowed.
+ * @plugin_mem_cbs: active plugin memory callbacks
  */
 typedef struct CPUNegativeOffsetState {
     CPUTLB tlb;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
+    /*
+     * The callback pointer are accessed via TCG (see gen_empty_mem_helper).
+     */
+    GArray *plugin_mem_cbs;
+#endif
     IcountDecr icount_decr;
     bool can_do_io;
 } CPUNegativeOffsetState;
@@ -416,7 +423,6 @@ struct qemu_work_item;
  * @kvm_fd: vCPU file descriptor for KVM.
  * @work_mutex: Lock to prevent multiple access to @work_list.
  * @work_list: List of pending asynchronous work.
- * @plugin_mem_cbs: active plugin memory callbacks
  * @plugin_state: per-CPU plugin state
  * @ignore_memory_transaction_failures: Cached copy of the MachineState
  *    flag of the same name: allows the board to suppress calling of the
@@ -511,11 +517,6 @@ struct CPUState {
     QemuLockCnt in_ioctl_lock;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
-    /*
-     * The callback pointer stays in the main CPUState as it is
-     * accessed via TCG (see gen_empty_mem_helper).
-     */
-    GArray *plugin_mem_cbs;
     CPUPluginState *plugin_state;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/plugin.h b/include/qemu/plugin.h
index 18062528c1..b535bfd5de 100644
--- a/include/qemu/plugin.h
+++ b/include/qemu/plugin.h
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void qemu_plugin_add_dyn_cb_arr(GArray *arr);
 
 static inline void qemu_plugin_disable_mem_helpers(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    cpu->plugin_mem_cbs = NULL;
+    cpu->neg.plugin_mem_cbs = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
index 3db74ae9bf..49f5d1c2e4 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/plugin-gen.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void gen_enable_mem_helper(struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
      * Tracking memory accesses performed from helpers requires extra work.
      * If an instruction is emulated with helpers, we do two things:
      * (1) copy the CB descriptors, and keep track of it so that they can be
-     * freed later on, and (2) point CPUState.plugin_mem_cbs to the
+     * freed later on, and (2) point CPUState.neg.plugin_mem_cbs to the
      * descriptors, so that we can read them at run-time
      * (i.e. when the helper executes).
      * This run-time access is performed from qemu_plugin_vcpu_mem_cb.
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ static void gen_enable_mem_helper(struct qemu_plugin_tb *ptb,
     qemu_plugin_add_dyn_cb_arr(arr);
 
     tcg_gen_st_ptr(tcg_constant_ptr((intptr_t)arr), tcg_env,
-                   offsetof(CPUState, plugin_mem_cbs) -
+                   offsetof(CPUState, neg.plugin_mem_cbs) -
                    offsetof(ArchCPU, env));
 }
 
 static void gen_disable_mem_helper(void)
 {
     tcg_gen_st_ptr(tcg_constant_ptr(0), tcg_env,
-                   offsetof(CPUState, plugin_mem_cbs) -
+                   offsetof(CPUState, neg.plugin_mem_cbs) -
                    offsetof(ArchCPU, env));
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/core.c b/plugins/core.c
index 081323dafc..1e58a57bf1 100644
--- a/plugins/core.c
+++ b/plugins/core.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void exec_inline_op(struct qemu_plugin_dyn_cb *cb, int cpu_index)
 void qemu_plugin_vcpu_mem_cb(CPUState *cpu, uint64_t vaddr,
                              MemOpIdx oi, enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw)
 {
-    GArray *arr = cpu->plugin_mem_cbs;
+    GArray *arr = cpu->neg.plugin_mem_cbs;
     size_t i;
 
     if (arr == NULL) {
