diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index d5ba3b8039..0501003e2e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ static int qemuDomainSetMemoryStatsPeriod(virDomainPtr dom, int period,
         }
 
         qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
-        r = qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon, period);
+        r = qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon, def->memballoon, period);
         if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
             goto endjob;
         if (r < 0) {
@@ -11003,7 +11003,8 @@ qemuDomainMemoryStats(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (vm->def->memballoon &&
         vm->def->memballoon->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMBALLOON_MODEL_VIRTIO) {
         qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
-        ret = qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm), stats, nr_stats);
+        ret = qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuDomainGetMonitor(vm),
+                                        vm->def->memballoon, stats, nr_stats);
         if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
             ret = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 1fac4de5be..58c04d5318 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1068,11 +1068,12 @@ qemuMonitorSetOptions(qemuMonitorPtr mon, virJSONValuePtr options)
  * This feature was added to QEMU 1.5.
  */
 static void
-qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                 virDomainMemballoonDefPtr balloon)
 {
     ssize_t i, nprops = 0;
-    int flp_ret = 0;
     char *path = NULL;
+    const char *name;
     qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr *bprops = NULL;
 
     if (mon->balloonpath) {
@@ -1084,16 +1085,20 @@ qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
     }
     mon->ballooninit = true;
 
-    flp_ret = qemuMonitorJSONFindLinkPath(mon, "virtio-balloon-pci", NULL, &path);
-    if (flp_ret == -2) {
-        /* pci object was not found retry search for ccw object */
-        if (qemuMonitorJSONFindLinkPath(mon, "virtio-balloon-ccw",
-                                        NULL, &path) < 0)
-            return;
-    } else if (flp_ret < 0) {
+    switch (balloon->info.type) {
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_PCI:
+        name = "virtio-balloon-pci";
+        break;
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_CCW:
+        name = "virtio-balloon-ccw";
+        break;
+    default:
         return;
     }
 
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONFindLinkPath(mon, name, balloon->info.alias, &path) < 0)
+        return;
+
     nprops = qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectListPaths(mon, path, &bprops);
     if (nprops < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -1718,6 +1723,7 @@ qemuMonitorGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int
 qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                          virDomainMemballoonDefPtr balloon,
                           virDomainMemoryStatPtr stats,
                           unsigned int nr_stats)
 {
@@ -1726,7 +1732,7 @@ qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
     if (mon->json) {
-        qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(mon);
+        qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(mon, balloon);
         return qemuMonitorJSONGetMemoryStats(mon, mon->balloonpath,
                                              stats, nr_stats);
     } else {
@@ -1744,6 +1750,7 @@ qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
  */
 int
 qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                virDomainMemballoonDefPtr balloon,
                                 int period)
 {
     int ret = -1;
@@ -1758,7 +1765,7 @@ qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     if (period < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(mon);
+    qemuMonitorInitBalloonObjectPath(mon, balloon);
     if (mon->balloonpath) {
         ret = qemuMonitorJSONSetMemoryStatsPeriod(mon, mon->balloonpath,
                                                   period);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index cb4cca8b2f..ae0954daeb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -397,9 +397,11 @@ int qemuMonitorGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               unsigned long long *currmem);
 int qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                              virDomainMemballoonDefPtr balloon,
                               virDomainMemoryStatPtr stats,
                               unsigned int nr_stats);
 int qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                    virDomainMemballoonDefPtr balloon,
                                     int period);
 
 int qemuMonitorBlockIOStatusToError(const char *status);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 4adb14e6cd..c7639c1bb8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -4268,19 +4268,17 @@ qemuProcessSetupBalloon(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 {
     unsigned long long balloon = vm->def->mem.cur_balloon;
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
-    int period;
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (!virDomainDefHasMemballoon(vm->def))
         return 0;
 
-    period = vm->def->memballoon->period;
-
     if (qemuDomainObjEnterMonitorAsync(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (period)
-        qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon, period);
+    if (vm->def->memballoon->period)
+        qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon, vm->def->memballoon,
+                                        vm->def->memballoon->period);
     if (qemuMonitorSetBalloon(priv->mon, balloon) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -6022,7 +6020,7 @@ int qemuProcessAttach(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             vm->def->memballoon->model == VIR_DOMAIN_MEMBALLOON_MODEL_VIRTIO &&
             vm->def->memballoon->period) {
             qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(driver, vm);
-            qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon,
+            qemuMonitorSetMemoryStatsPeriod(priv->mon, vm->def->memballoon,
                                             vm->def->memballoon->period);
             if (qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm) < 0)
                 goto error;