diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6587e8014b..7766e74125 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3312,9 +3312,17 @@ if test "$mpath" != "no" ; then
 #include <mpath_persist.h>
 unsigned mpath_mx_alloc_len = 1024;
 int logsink;
+static struct config *multipath_conf;
+extern struct udev *udev;
+extern struct config *get_multipath_config(void);
+extern void put_multipath_config(struct config *conf);
+struct udev *udev;
+struct config *get_multipath_config(void) { return multipath_conf; }
+void put_multipath_config(struct config *conf) { }
+
 int main(void) {
-    struct udev *udev = udev_new();
-    mpath_lib_init(udev);
+    udev = udev_new();
+    multipath_conf = mpath_lib_init();
     return 0;
 }
 EOF
diff --git a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
index d58184833f..dd9785143b 100644
--- a/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
+++ b/scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c
@@ -276,15 +276,26 @@ static void dm_init(void)
 
 /* Variables required by libmultipath and libmpathpersist.  */
 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(PR_HELPER_DATA_SIZE > MPATH_MAX_PARAM_LEN);
+static struct config *multipath_conf;
 unsigned mpath_mx_alloc_len = PR_HELPER_DATA_SIZE;
 int logsink;
+struct udev *udev;
+
+extern struct config *get_multipath_config(void);
+struct config *get_multipath_config(void)
+{
+    return multipath_conf;
+}
+
+extern void put_multipath_config(struct config *conf);
+void put_multipath_config(struct config *conf)
+{
+}
 
 static void multipath_pr_init(void)
 {
-    static struct udev *udev;
-
     udev = udev_new();
-    mpath_lib_init(udev);
+    multipath_conf = mpath_lib_init();
 }
 
 static int is_mpath(int fd)