diff --git a/include/qemu/cutils.h b/include/qemu/cutils.h
index 92c436d8c70..92c927a6a35 100644
--- a/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -163,9 +163,8 @@ int qemu_strtou64(const char *nptr, const char **endptr, int base,
 int qemu_strtod(const char *nptr, const char **endptr, double *result);
 int qemu_strtod_finite(const char *nptr, const char **endptr, double *result);

-int parse_uint(const char *s, unsigned long long *value, char **endptr,
-               int base);
-int parse_uint_full(const char *s, unsigned long long *value, int base);
+int parse_uint(const char *s, const char **endptr, int base, uint64_t *value);
+int parse_uint_full(const char *s, int base, uint64_t *value);

 int qemu_strtosz(const char *nptr, const char **end, uint64_t *result);
 int qemu_strtosz_MiB(const char *nptr, const char **end, uint64_t *result);
diff --git a/audio/audio_legacy.c b/audio/audio_legacy.c
index b848001ff70..dc72ba55e9a 100644
--- a/audio/audio_legacy.c
+++ b/audio/audio_legacy.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@

 static uint32_t toui32(const char *str)
 {
-    unsigned long long ret;
-    if (parse_uint_full(str, &ret, 10) || ret > UINT32_MAX) {
+    uint64_t ret;
+    if (parse_uint_full(str, 10, &ret) || ret > UINT32_MAX) {
         dolog("Invalid integer value `%s'\n", str);
         exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 185a83e5e53..ad5fadbe793 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_glfs_init(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
     int ret;
     int old_errno;
     SocketAddressList *server;
-    unsigned long long port;
+    uint64_t port;

     glfs = glfs_find_preopened(gconf->volume);
     if (glfs) {
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_glfs_init(BlockdevOptionsGluster *gconf,
                                    server->value->u.q_unix.path, 0);
             break;
         case SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET:
-            if (parse_uint_full(server->value->u.inet.port, &port, 10) < 0 ||
+            if (parse_uint_full(server->value->u.inet.port, 10, &port) < 0 ||
                 port > 65535) {
                 error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not a valid port number",
                            server->value->u.inet.port);
diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
index 8f89ece69fa..c24df49747d 100644
--- a/block/nfs.c
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ static int nfs_parse_uri(const char *filename, QDict *options, Error **errp)
     qdict_put_str(options, "path", uri->path);

     for (i = 0; i < qp->n; i++) {
-        unsigned long long val;
+        uint64_t val;
         if (!qp->p[i].value) {
             error_setg(errp, "Value for NFS parameter expected: %s",
                        qp->p[i].name);
             goto out;
         }
-        if (parse_uint_full(qp->p[i].value, &val, 0)) {
+        if (parse_uint_full(qp->p[i].value, 0, &val)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Illegal value for NFS parameter: %s",
                        qp->p[i].name);
             goto out;
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index db2725fe741..e6eba61484a 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ static bool parse_stats_intervals(BlockAcctStats *stats, QList *intervals,
         switch (qobject_type(entry->value)) {

         case QTYPE_QSTRING: {
-            unsigned long long length;
+            uint64_t length;
             const char *str = qstring_get_str(qobject_to(QString,
                                                          entry->value));
-            if (parse_uint_full(str, &length, 10) == 0 &&
+            if (parse_uint_full(str, 10, &length) == 0 &&
                 length > 0 && length <= UINT_MAX) {
                 block_acct_add_interval(stats, (unsigned) length);
             } else {
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
index 224dbeb547e..5901f17707e 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void
 ivshmem_server_parse_args(IvshmemServerArgs *args, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int c;
-    unsigned long long v;
+    uint64_t v;
     Error *err = NULL;

     while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hvFp:S:m:M:l:n:")) != -1) {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ ivshmem_server_parse_args(IvshmemServerArgs *args, int argc, char *argv[])
             break;

         case 'n': /* number of vectors */
-            if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &v, 0) < 0) {
+            if (parse_uint_full(optarg, 0, &v) < 0) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "cannot parse n_vectors\n");
                 ivshmem_server_help(argv[0]);
                 exit(1);
diff --git a/qapi/opts-visitor.c b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
index 587f31baf6b..8f1efab8b9d 100644
--- a/qapi/opts-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ opts_type_uint64(Visitor *v, const char *name, uint64_t *obj, Error **errp)
     OptsVisitor *ov = to_ov(v);
     const QemuOpt *opt;
     const char *str;
-    unsigned long long val;
-    char *endptr;
+    uint64_t val;
+    const char *endptr;

     if (ov->list_mode == LM_UNSIGNED_INTERVAL) {
         *obj = ov->range_next.u;
@@ -471,18 +471,18 @@ opts_type_uint64(Visitor *v, const char *name, uint64_t *obj, Error **errp)
     /* we've gotten past lookup_scalar() */
     assert(ov->list_mode == LM_NONE || ov->list_mode == LM_IN_PROGRESS);

-    if (parse_uint(str, &val, &endptr, 0) == 0 && val <= UINT64_MAX) {
+    if (parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &val) == 0) {
         if (*endptr == '\0') {
             *obj = val;
             processed(ov, name);
             return true;
         }
         if (*endptr == '-' && ov->list_mode == LM_IN_PROGRESS) {
-            unsigned long long val2;
+            uint64_t val2;

             str = endptr + 1;
-            if (parse_uint_full(str, &val2, 0) == 0 &&
-                val2 <= UINT64_MAX && val <= val2 &&
+            if (parse_uint_full(str, 0, &val2) == 0 &&
+                val <= val2 &&
                 val2 - val < OPTS_VISITOR_RANGE_MAX) {
                 ov->range_next.u = val;
                 ov->range_limit.u = val2;
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-cutils.c b/tests/unit/test-cutils.c
index 8d2e057bdaa..3664b4fffc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-cutils.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-cutils.c
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@

 static void test_parse_uint_null(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(NULL, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(NULL, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -EINVAL);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -45,13 +44,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_null(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_empty(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -EINVAL);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -60,13 +58,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_empty(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_whitespace(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "   \t   ";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -EINVAL);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -76,13 +73,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_whitespace(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_invalid(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = " \t xxx";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -EINVAL);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -92,13 +88,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_invalid(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_trailing(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "123xxx";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 123);
@@ -107,13 +102,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_trailing(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_correct(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "123";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 123);
@@ -122,13 +116,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_correct(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_octal(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "0123";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0123);
@@ -137,13 +130,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_octal(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_decimal(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = "0123";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 10);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 10, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 123);
@@ -152,13 +144,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_decimal(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_llong_max(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     char *str = g_strdup_printf("%llu", (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX + 1);
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, (unsigned long long)LLONG_MAX + 1);
@@ -169,13 +160,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_llong_max(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_max(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     char *str = g_strdup_printf("%llu", ULLONG_MAX);
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, ULLONG_MAX);
@@ -186,32 +176,31 @@ static void test_parse_uint_max(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_overflow(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr;
+    uint64_t i;
+    const char *endptr;
     const char *str;
     int r;

     i = 999;
-    endptr = &f;
+    endptr = "somewhere";
     str = "99999999999999999999999999999999999999";
-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);
     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, ULLONG_MAX);
     g_assert_true(endptr == str + strlen(str));

     i = 999;
-    endptr = &f;
+    endptr = "somewhere";
     str = "0x10000000000000000"; /* 65 bits, 64-bit sign bit clear */
-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);
     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, ULLONG_MAX);
     g_assert_true(endptr == str + strlen(str));

     i = 999;
-    endptr = &f;
+    endptr = "somewhere";
     str = "0x18000000080000000"; /* 65 bits, 64-bit sign bit set */
-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);
     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, ULLONG_MAX);
     g_assert_true(endptr == str + strlen(str));
@@ -219,24 +208,23 @@ static void test_parse_uint_overflow(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_negative(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr;
+    uint64_t i;
+    const char *endptr;
     const char *str;
     int r;

     i = 999;
-    endptr = &f;
+    endptr = "somewhere";
     str = " \t -321";
-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);
     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
     g_assert_true(endptr == str + strlen(str));

     i = 999;
-    endptr = &f;
+    endptr = "somewhere";
     str = "-0xffffffff00000001";
-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);
     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
     g_assert_true(endptr == str + strlen(str));
@@ -244,13 +232,12 @@ static void test_parse_uint_negative(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_negzero(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
-    char f = 'X';
-    char *endptr = &f;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
+    const char *endptr = "somewhere";
     const char *str = " -0";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(str, &i, &endptr, 0);
+    r = parse_uint(str, &endptr, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -259,11 +246,11 @@ static void test_parse_uint_negzero(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_full_trailing(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
     const char *str = "123xxx";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint_full(str, &i, 0);
+    r = parse_uint_full(str, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -EINVAL);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
@@ -271,11 +258,11 @@ static void test_parse_uint_full_trailing(void)

 static void test_parse_uint_full_correct(void)
 {
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
     const char *str = "123";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint_full(str, &i, 0);
+    r = parse_uint_full(str, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, 0);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 123);
@@ -284,11 +271,11 @@ static void test_parse_uint_full_correct(void)
 static void test_parse_uint_full_erange_junk(void)
 {
     /* FIXME - inconsistent with qemu_strto* which favors EINVAL */
-    unsigned long long i = 999;
+    uint64_t i = 999;
     const char *str = "-2junk";
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint_full(str, &i, 0);
+    r = parse_uint_full(str, 0, &i);

     g_assert_cmpint(r, ==, -ERANGE /* FIXME -EINVAL */);
     g_assert_cmpuint(i, ==, 0);
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 9d8a24dd8a6..92964dcc0c0 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -3728,7 +3728,7 @@ static int vnc_display_get_address(const char *addrstr,
     } else {
         const char *port;
         size_t hostlen;
-        unsigned long long baseport = 0;
+        uint64_t baseport = 0;
         InetSocketAddress *inet;

         port = strrchr(addrstr, ':');
@@ -3776,7 +3776,7 @@ static int vnc_display_get_address(const char *addrstr,
             }
         } else {
             int offset = reverse ? 0 : 5900;
-            if (parse_uint_full(port, &baseport, 10) < 0) {
+            if (parse_uint_full(port, 10, &baseport) < 0) {
                 error_setg(errp, "can't convert to a number: %s", port);
                 goto cleanup;
             }
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index 36c14b769fd..0e279a531aa 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -722,10 +722,10 @@ const char *qemu_strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
  * parse_uint:
  *
  * @s: String to parse
- * @value: Destination for parsed integer value
  * @endptr: Destination for pointer to first character not consumed, must
  * not be %NULL
  * @base: integer base, between 2 and 36 inclusive, or 0
+ * @value: Destination for parsed integer value
  *
  * Parse unsigned integer
  *
@@ -748,8 +748,7 @@ const char *qemu_strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
  *
  * Else, set *@value to the parsed integer, and return 0.
  */
-int parse_uint(const char *s, unsigned long long *value, char **endptr,
-               int base)
+int parse_uint(const char *s, const char **endptr, int base, uint64_t *value)
 {
     int r = 0;
     char *endp = (char *)s;
@@ -793,8 +792,8 @@ out:
  * parse_uint_full:
  *
  * @s: String to parse
- * @value: Destination for parsed integer value
  * @base: integer base, between 2 and 36 inclusive, or 0
+ * @value: Destination for parsed integer value
  *
  * Parse unsigned integer from entire string
  *
@@ -803,12 +802,12 @@ out:
  * characters are present after a non-overflowing parsed number, the
  * function will return -EINVAL, and *@v will be set to 0.
  */
-int parse_uint_full(const char *s, unsigned long long *value, int base)
+int parse_uint_full(const char *s, int base, uint64_t *value)
 {
-    char *endp;
+    const char *endp;
     int r;

-    r = parse_uint(s, value, &endp, base);
+    r = parse_uint(s, &endp, base, value);
     if (r < 0) {
         return r;
     }
diff --git a/util/guest-random.c b/util/guest-random.c
index a24d27624c6..9465dda085d 100644
--- a/util/guest-random.c
+++ b/util/guest-random.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ void qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(uint64_t seed)

 int qemu_guest_random_seed_main(const char *optarg, Error **errp)
 {
-    unsigned long long seed;
-    if (parse_uint_full(optarg, &seed, 0)) {
+    uint64_t seed;
+    if (parse_uint_full(optarg, 0, &seed)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Invalid seed number: %s", optarg);
         return -1;
     } else {
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index c06a4dce77c..892d33f5e6b 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ static int inet_listen_saddr(InetSocketAddress *saddr,

     /* lookup */
     if (port_offset) {
-        unsigned long long baseport;
+        uint64_t baseport;
         if (strlen(port) == 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "port not specified");
             return -1;
         }
-        if (parse_uint_full(port, &baseport, 10) < 0) {
+        if (parse_uint_full(port, 10, &baseport) < 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "can't convert to a number: %s", port);
             return -1;
         }
@@ -732,19 +732,19 @@ static bool vsock_parse_vaddr_to_sockaddr(const VsockSocketAddress *vaddr,
                                           struct sockaddr_vm *svm,
                                           Error **errp)
 {
-    unsigned long long val;
+    uint64_t val;

     memset(svm, 0, sizeof(*svm));
     svm->svm_family = AF_VSOCK;

-    if (parse_uint_full(vaddr->cid, &val, 10) < 0 ||
+    if (parse_uint_full(vaddr->cid, 10, &val) < 0 ||
         val > UINT32_MAX) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to parse cid '%s'", vaddr->cid);
         return false;
     }
     svm->svm_cid = val;

-    if (parse_uint_full(vaddr->port, &val, 10) < 0 ||
+    if (parse_uint_full(vaddr->port, 10, &val) < 0 ||
         val > UINT32_MAX) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to parse port '%s'", vaddr->port);
         return false;
