diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
index 70cbe6bd47..4f8bc41d9d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_create_rpu(XlnxZynqMPState *s, const char *boot_cpu,
                             &error_abort, NULL);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster), "cluster-id", 1);
 
-    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster));
-
     for (i = 0; i < num_rpus; i++) {
         char *name;
 
@@ -217,6 +215,8 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_create_rpu(XlnxZynqMPState *s, const char *boot_cpu,
             return;
         }
     }
+
+    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster));
 }
 
 static void xlnx_zynqmp_init(Object *obj)