diff --git a/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device.rs b/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device.rs
index 090e5d6450..4d620b442e 100644
--- a/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device.rs
+++ b/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const IBRD_MASK: u32 = 0xffff;
 const FBRD_MASK: u32 = 0x3f;
 
 /// QEMU sourced constant.
-pub const PL011_FIFO_DEPTH: usize = 16_usize;
+pub const PL011_FIFO_DEPTH: u32 = 16;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 enum DeviceId {
@@ -56,6 +56,32 @@ impl DeviceId {
     const PL011_ID_LUMINARY: [c_uchar; 8] = [0x11, 0x00, 0x18, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xf0, 0x05, 0xb1];
 }
 
+// FIFOs use 32-bit indices instead of usize, for compatibility with
+// the migration stream produced by the C version of this device.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Fifo([registers::Data; PL011_FIFO_DEPTH as usize]);
+
+impl Fifo {
+    const fn len(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.0.len() as u32
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::IndexMut<u32> for Fifo {
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, idx: u32) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        &mut self.0[idx as usize]
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::Index<u32> for Fifo {
+    type Output = registers::Data;
+
+    fn index(&self, idx: u32) -> &Self::Output {
+        &self.0[idx as usize]
+    }
+}
+
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug, qemu_api_macros::Object, qemu_api_macros::offsets)]
 /// PL011 Device Model in QEMU
@@ -73,14 +99,14 @@ pub struct PL011State {
     pub dmacr: u32,
     pub int_enabled: u32,
     pub int_level: u32,
-    pub read_fifo: [registers::Data; PL011_FIFO_DEPTH],
+    pub read_fifo: Fifo,
     pub ilpr: u32,
     pub ibrd: u32,
     pub fbrd: u32,
     pub ifl: u32,
-    pub read_pos: usize,
-    pub read_count: usize,
-    pub read_trigger: usize,
+    pub read_pos: u32,
+    pub read_count: u32,
+    pub read_trigger: u32,
     #[doc(alias = "chr")]
     pub char_backend: CharBackend,
     /// QEMU interrupts
@@ -480,7 +506,7 @@ impl PL011State {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub fn fifo_depth(&self) -> usize {
+    pub fn fifo_depth(&self) -> u32 {
         // Note: FIFO depth is expected to be power-of-2
         if self.fifo_enabled() {
             return PL011_FIFO_DEPTH;
diff --git a/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device_class.rs b/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device_class.rs
index 975c3d42be..7f3ca89507 100644
--- a/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device_class.rs
+++ b/rust/hw/char/pl011/src/device_class.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use core::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_void};
 
 use qemu_api::{
-    bindings::*, c_str, vmstate_clock, vmstate_fields, vmstate_int32, vmstate_subsections,
-    vmstate_uint32, vmstate_uint32_array, vmstate_unused, zeroable::Zeroable,
+    bindings::*, c_str, vmstate_clock, vmstate_fields, vmstate_subsections, vmstate_uint32,
+    vmstate_uint32_array, vmstate_unused, zeroable::Zeroable,
 };
 
 use crate::device::{PL011State, PL011_FIFO_DEPTH};
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ pub static VMSTATE_PL011: VMStateDescription = VMStateDescription {
         vmstate_uint32!(ibrd, PL011State),
         vmstate_uint32!(fbrd, PL011State),
         vmstate_uint32!(ifl, PL011State),
-        vmstate_int32!(read_pos, PL011State),
-        vmstate_int32!(read_count, PL011State),
-        vmstate_int32!(read_trigger, PL011State),
+        vmstate_uint32!(read_pos, PL011State),
+        vmstate_uint32!(read_count, PL011State),
+        vmstate_uint32!(read_trigger, PL011State),
     },
     subsections: vmstate_subsections! {
         VMSTATE_PL011_CLOCK
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
index 25c68b703e..63c897abcd 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs
@@ -106,28 +106,6 @@ macro_rules! vmstate_uint32 {
     }};
 }
 
-#[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_INT32_V")]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! vmstate_int32_v {
-    ($field_name:ident, $struct_name:ty, $version_id:expr) => {{
-        $crate::vmstate_single!(
-            $field_name,
-            $struct_name,
-            $version_id,
-            ::core::ptr::addr_of!($crate::bindings::vmstate_info_int32),
-            ::core::mem::size_of::<i32>()
-        )
-    }};
-}
-
-#[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_INT32")]
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! vmstate_int32 {
-    ($field_name:ident, $struct_name:ty) => {{
-        $crate::vmstate_int32_v!($field_name, $struct_name, 0)
-    }};
-}
-
 #[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_ARRAY")]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! vmstate_array {