diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index fcbe4c5837..ec8d9584fb 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -271,9 +271,11 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     /* PCI -> ISA bridge */
-    i82378_dev = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(11, 0), "i82378"));
+    i82378_dev = DEVICE(pci_new(PCI_DEVFN(11, 0), "i82378"));
     qdev_connect_gpio_out(i82378_dev, 0,
                           qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(cpu), PPC6xx_INPUT_INT));
+    qdev_realize_and_unref(i82378_dev, BUS(pci_bus), &error_fatal);
+
     sysbus_connect_irq(pcihost, 0, qdev_get_gpio_in(i82378_dev, 15));
     isa_bus = ISA_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(i82378_dev, "isa.0"));