diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 6a5b6dad2f..26e8473a4d 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
         memory_region_init(pci_memory, NULL, "pci", UINT64_MAX);
         rom_memory = pci_memory;
         i440fx_host = qdev_new(host_type);
+        object_property_add_child(OBJECT(machine), "i440fx",
+                                  OBJECT(i440fx_host));
         hole64_size = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(i440fx_host),
                                                PCI_HOST_PROP_PCI_HOLE64_SIZE,
                                                &error_abort);
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
index 61e7b97ff4..d95d9229d3 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/i440fx.c
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ PCIBus *i440fx_init(const char *pci_type,
     b = pci_root_bus_new(dev, NULL, pci_address_space,
                          address_space_io, 0, TYPE_PCI_BUS);
     s->bus = b;
-    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "i440fx", OBJECT(dev));
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), &error_fatal);
 
     d = pci_create_simple(b, 0, pci_type);