diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index 11d845ac06..92ccc8d660 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -257,13 +257,6 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts)
     return qdev;
 }
 
-static void qdev_reset(void *opaque)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev = opaque;
-    if (dev->info->reset)
-        dev->info->reset(dev);
-}
-
 /* Initialize a device.  Device properties should be set before calling
    this function.  IRQs and MMIO regions should be connected/mapped after
    calling this function.
@@ -279,7 +272,6 @@ int qdev_init(DeviceState *dev)
         qdev_free(dev);
         return rc;
     }
-    qemu_register_reset(qdev_reset, dev);
     if (dev->info->vmsd) {
         vmstate_register_with_alias_id(dev, -1, dev->info->vmsd, dev,
                                        dev->instance_id_alias,
@@ -308,6 +300,25 @@ int qdev_unplug(DeviceState *dev)
     return dev->info->unplug(dev);
 }
 
+static int qdev_reset_one(DeviceState *dev, void *opaque)
+{
+    if (dev->info->reset) {
+        dev->info->reset(dev);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+BusState *sysbus_get_default(void)
+{
+    return main_system_bus;
+}
+
+void qbus_reset_all(BusState *bus)
+{
+    qbus_walk_children(bus, qdev_reset_one, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 /* can be used as ->unplug() callback for the simple cases */
 int qdev_simple_unplug_cb(DeviceState *dev)
 {
@@ -351,7 +362,6 @@ void qdev_free(DeviceState *dev)
         if (dev->opts)
             qemu_opts_del(dev->opts);
     }
-    qemu_unregister_reset(qdev_reset, dev);
     QLIST_REMOVE(dev, sibling);
     for (prop = dev->info->props; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
         if (prop->info->free) {
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 550fd9bbdc..e5ed3333a2 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -187,10 +187,14 @@ int qbus_walk_children(BusState *bus, qdev_walkerfn *devfn,
                        qbus_walkerfn *busfn, void *opaque);
 int qdev_walk_children(DeviceState *dev, qdev_walkerfn *devfn,
                        qbus_walkerfn *busfn, void *opaque);
+void qbus_reset_all(BusState *bus);
 void qbus_free(BusState *bus);
 
 #define FROM_QBUS(type, dev) DO_UPCAST(type, qbus, dev)
 
+/* This should go away once we get rid of the NULL bus hack */
+BusState *sysbus_get_default(void);
+
 /*** monitor commands ***/
 
 void do_info_qtree(Monitor *mon);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c58583da48..135fdebe74 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2976,6 +2976,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
+    qemu_register_reset((void *)qbus_reset_all, sysbus_get_default());
     qemu_system_reset();
     if (loadvm) {
         if (load_vmstate(loadvm) < 0) {