diff --git a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
index 09b0932275ca4..f12bfb7a267a1 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
+++ b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ static guint64 limit = 20;
  *
  * The internals of the TCG are not exposed to plugins so we can only
  * get the starting PC for each block. We cheat this slightly by
- * xor'ing the number of instructions to the hash to help
+ * checking the number of instructions as well to help
  * differentiate.
  */
 typedef struct {
     uint64_t start_addr;
-    uint64_t hash;
     struct qemu_plugin_scoreboard *exec_count;
     int trans_count;
     unsigned long insns;
@@ -51,6 +50,20 @@ static gint cmp_exec_count(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
     return count_a > count_b ? -1 : 1;
 }
 
+static guint exec_count_hash(gconstpointer v)
+{
+    const ExecCount *e = v;
+    return e->start_addr ^ e->insns;
+}
+
+static gboolean exec_count_equal(gconstpointer v1, gconstpointer v2)
+{
+    const ExecCount *ea = v1;
+    const ExecCount *eb = v2;
+    return (ea->start_addr == eb->start_addr) &&
+           (ea->insns == eb->insns);
+}
+
 static void exec_count_free(gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer user_data)
 {
     ExecCount *cnt = value;
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
 
 static void plugin_init(void)
 {
-    hotblocks = g_hash_table_new(g_int64_hash, g_int64_equal);
+    hotblocks = g_hash_table_new(exec_count_hash, exec_count_equal);
 }
 
 static void vcpu_tb_exec(unsigned int cpu_index, void *udata)
@@ -112,20 +125,24 @@ static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
     ExecCount *cnt;
     uint64_t pc = qemu_plugin_tb_vaddr(tb);
     size_t insns = qemu_plugin_tb_n_insns(tb);
-    uint64_t hash = pc ^ insns;
 
     g_mutex_lock(&lock);
-    cnt = (ExecCount *) g_hash_table_lookup(hotblocks, &hash);
+    {
+        ExecCount e;
+        e.start_addr = pc;
+        e.insns = insns;
+        cnt = (ExecCount *) g_hash_table_lookup(hotblocks, &e);
+    }
+
     if (cnt) {
         cnt->trans_count++;
     } else {
         cnt = g_new0(ExecCount, 1);
         cnt->start_addr = pc;
-        cnt->hash = hash;
         cnt->trans_count = 1;
         cnt->insns = insns;
         cnt->exec_count = qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new(sizeof(uint64_t));
-        g_hash_table_insert(hotblocks, &cnt->hash, cnt);
+        g_hash_table_insert(hotblocks, cnt, cnt);
     }
 
     g_mutex_unlock(&lock);