diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index 36a889d084..715129e624 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -913,8 +913,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(current_accel());
 
-        ac->init_machine(NULL);
         accel_init_interfaces(ac);
+        ac->init_machine(NULL);
     }
     cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
     env = cpu->env_ptr;
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 0f5ce43d0c..1bf0e687b9 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -1234,6 +1234,7 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine)
                                    "on", false);
     }
 
+    accel_init_interfaces(ACCEL_GET_CLASS(machine->accelerator));
     machine_class->init(machine);
     phase_advance(PHASE_MACHINE_INITIALIZED);
 }
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 57ba1b45ab..7995b6e7a6 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -729,8 +729,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     {
         AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(current_accel());
 
-        ac->init_machine(NULL);
         accel_init_interfaces(ac);
+        ac->init_machine(NULL);
     }
     cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
     env = cpu->env_ptr;
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 307944aef3..93e78469bc 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3595,7 +3595,6 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         current_machine->cpu_type = parse_cpu_option(cpu_option);
     }
     /* NB: for machine none cpu_type could STILL be NULL here! */
-    accel_init_interfaces(ACCEL_GET_CLASS(current_machine->accelerator));
 
     qemu_resolve_machine_memdev();
     parse_numa_opts(current_machine);