1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index fd321e2fd4..215a6f9c7a 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qemu-version.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
+#include "qemu/uuid.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
 #include "sysemu/seccomp.h"
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ uint8_t qemu_extra_params_fw[2];
 
 int icount_align_option;
 
-/* The bytes in qemu_uuid[] are in the order specified by RFC4122, _not_ in the
+/* The bytes in qemu_uuid are in the order specified by RFC4122, _not_ in the
  * little-endian "wire format" described in the SMBIOS 2.6 specification.
  */
-uint8_t qemu_uuid[16];
+QemuUUID qemu_uuid;
 bool qemu_uuid_set;
 
 static NotifierList exit_notifiers =
@@ -3779,7 +3780,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 cursor_hide = 0;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_uuid:
-                if(qemu_uuid_parse(optarg, qemu_uuid) < 0) {
+                if (qemu_uuid_parse(optarg, &qemu_uuid) < 0) {
                     error_report("failed to parse UUID string: wrong format");
                     exit(1);
                 }