diff --git a/hw/vfio-user/container.h b/hw/vfio-user/container.h
index 2bb1fa1343..d5d2275af7 100644
--- a/hw/vfio-user/container.h
+++ b/hw/vfio-user/container.h
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 #include "hw/vfio-user/proxy.h"
 
 /* MMU container sub-class for vfio-user. */
-typedef struct VFIOUserContainer {
+struct VFIOUserContainer {
     VFIOContainerBase bcontainer;
+
     VFIOUserProxy *proxy;
-} VFIOUserContainer;
+};
 
 OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VFIOUserContainer, VFIO_IOMMU_USER);