diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/085 b/tests/qemu-iotests/085
index 33c8dc4..56cd6f8 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/085
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/085
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 
 here=`pwd`
 status=1	# failure is the default!
-qemu_pid=
-
-QMP_IN="${TEST_DIR}/qmp-in-$$"
-QMP_OUT="${TEST_DIR}/qmp-out-$$"
 
 snapshot_virt0="snapshot-v0.qcow2"
 snapshot_virt1="snapshot-v1.qcow2"
@@ -42,10 +38,7 @@ MAX_SNAPSHOTS=10
 
 _cleanup()
 {
-    kill -KILL ${qemu_pid}
-    wait ${qemu_pid} 2>/dev/null  # silent kill
-
-    rm -f "${QMP_IN}" "${QMP_OUT}"
+    _cleanup_qemu
     for i in $(seq 1 ${MAX_SNAPSHOTS})
     do
         rm -f "${TEST_DIR}/${i}-${snapshot_virt0}"
@@ -59,43 +52,12 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 # get standard environment, filters and checks
 . ./common.rc
 . ./common.filter
+. ./common.qemu
 
 _supported_fmt qcow2
 _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
 
-# Wait for expected QMP response from QEMU.  Will time out
-# after 10 seconds, which counts as failure.
-#
-# $1 is the string to expect
-#
-# If $silent is set to anything but an empty string, then
-# response is not echoed out.
-function timed_wait_for()
-{
-    while read -t 10 resp <&5
-    do
-        if [ "${silent}" == "" ]; then
-            echo "${resp}" | _filter_testdir | _filter_qemu
-        fi
-        grep -q "${1}" < <(echo ${resp})
-        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            return
-        fi
-    done
-    echo "Timeout waiting for ${1}"
-    exit 1  # Timeout means the test failed
-}
-
-# Sends QMP command to QEMU, and waits for the expected response
-#
-# ${1}:  String of the QMP command to send
-# ${2}:  String that the QEMU response should contain
-function send_qmp_cmd()
-{
-    echo "${1}" >&6
-    timed_wait_for "${2}"
-}
 
 # ${1}: unique identifier for the snapshot filename
 function create_single_snapshot()
@@ -104,7 +66,7 @@ function create_single_snapshot()
                       'arguments': { 'device': 'virtio0',
                                      'snapshot-file':'"${TEST_DIR}/${1}-${snapshot_virt0}"',
                                      'format': 'qcow2' } }"
-    send_qmp_cmd "${cmd}" "return"
+    _send_qemu_cmd $h "${cmd}" "return"
 }
 
 # ${1}: unique identifier for the snapshot filename
@@ -120,14 +82,11 @@ function create_group_snapshot()
                        'snapshot-file': '"${TEST_DIR}/${1}-${snapshot_virt1}"' } } ]
              } }"
 
-    send_qmp_cmd "${cmd}" "return"
+    _send_qemu_cmd $h "${cmd}" "return"
 }
 
 size=128M
 
-mkfifo "${QMP_IN}"
-mkfifo "${QMP_OUT}"
-
 _make_test_img $size
 mv "${TEST_IMG}" "${TEST_IMG}.orig"
 _make_test_img $size
@@ -136,23 +95,15 @@ echo
 echo === Running QEMU ===
 echo
 
-"${QEMU}" -nographic -monitor none -serial none -qmp stdio\
-          -drive file="${TEST_IMG}.orig",if=virtio\
-          -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",if=virtio 2>&1 >"${QMP_OUT}" <"${QMP_IN}"&
-qemu_pid=$!
-
-# redirect fifos to file descriptors, to keep from blocking
-exec 5<"${QMP_OUT}"
-exec 6>"${QMP_IN}"
-
-# Don't print response, since it has version information in it
-silent=yes timed_wait_for "capabilities"
+qemu_comm_method="qmp"
+_launch_qemu -drive file="${TEST_IMG}.orig",if=virtio -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",if=virtio
+h=$QEMU_HANDLE
 
 echo
 echo === Sending capabilities ===
 echo
 
-send_qmp_cmd "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }" "return"
+_send_qemu_cmd $h "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }" "return"
 
 echo
 echo === Create a single snapshot on virtio0 ===
@@ -165,16 +116,16 @@ echo
 echo === Invalid command - missing device and nodename ===
 echo
 
-send_qmp_cmd "{ 'execute': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
-                      'arguments': { 'snapshot-file':'"${TEST_DIR}"/1-${snapshot_virt0}',
+_send_qemu_cmd $h "{ 'execute': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
+                         'arguments': { 'snapshot-file':'"${TEST_DIR}/1-${snapshot_virt0}"',
                                      'format': 'qcow2' } }" "error"
 
 echo
 echo === Invalid command - missing snapshot-file ===
 echo
 
-send_qmp_cmd "{ 'execute': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
-                      'arguments': { 'device': 'virtio0',
+_send_qemu_cmd $h "{ 'execute': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync',
+                         'arguments': { 'device': 'virtio0',
                                      'format': 'qcow2' } }" "error"
 echo
 echo
