diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index c4464356b35..96c158a37d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static inline void kvm_free_irq_routing(struct kvm *kvm) {}
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 
 void kvm_eventfd_init(struct kvm *kvm);
-int kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags);
+int kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args);
 void kvm_irqfd_release(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_irq_routing_update(struct kvm *, struct kvm_irq_routing_table *);
 int kvm_ioeventfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_ioeventfd *args);
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ int kvm_ioeventfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_ioeventfd *args);
 
 static inline void kvm_eventfd_init(struct kvm *kvm) {}
 
-static inline int kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
+static inline int kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index f59c1e8de7a..c307c24c147 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void irqfd_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct _irqfd *irqfd,
 }
 
 static int
-kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
+kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 {
 	struct kvm_irq_routing_table *irq_rt;
 	struct _irqfd *irqfd, *tmp;
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	irqfd->kvm = kvm;
-	irqfd->gsi = gsi;
+	irqfd->gsi = args->gsi;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&irqfd->list);
 	INIT_WORK(&irqfd->inject, irqfd_inject);
 	INIT_WORK(&irqfd->shutdown, irqfd_shutdown);
 
-	file = eventfd_fget(fd);
+	file = eventfd_fget(args->fd);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
 		goto fail;
@@ -298,19 +298,19 @@ kvm_eventfd_init(struct kvm *kvm)
  * shutdown any irqfd's that match fd+gsi
  */
 static int
-kvm_irqfd_deassign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
+kvm_irqfd_deassign(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 {
 	struct _irqfd *irqfd, *tmp;
 	struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd;
 
-	eventfd = eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd);
+	eventfd = eventfd_ctx_fdget(args->fd);
 	if (IS_ERR(eventfd))
 		return PTR_ERR(eventfd);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(irqfd, tmp, &kvm->irqfds.items, list) {
-		if (irqfd->eventfd == eventfd && irqfd->gsi == gsi) {
+		if (irqfd->eventfd == eventfd && irqfd->gsi == args->gsi) {
 			/*
 			 * This rcu_assign_pointer is needed for when
 			 * another thread calls kvm_irq_routing_update before
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ kvm_irqfd_deassign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
 }
 
 int
-kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi, int flags)
+kvm_irqfd(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irqfd *args)
 {
-	if (flags & KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN)
-		return kvm_irqfd_deassign(kvm, fd, gsi);
+	if (args->flags & KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN)
+		return kvm_irqfd_deassign(kvm, args);
 
-	return kvm_irqfd_assign(kvm, fd, gsi);
+	return kvm_irqfd_assign(kvm, args);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7e140683ff1..e98a5cac55c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		r = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_from_user(&data, argp, sizeof data))
 			goto out;
-		r = kvm_irqfd(kvm, data.fd, data.gsi, data.flags);
+		r = kvm_irqfd(kvm, &data);
 		break;
 	}
 	case KVM_IOEVENTFD: {