diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv.c b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
index c7e127ae97..ac828d1331 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
@@ -529,24 +529,24 @@ static void pnv_reset(void)
     cpu_physical_memory_write(PNV_FDT_ADDR, fdt, fdt_totalsize(fdt));
 }
 
-static ISABus *pnv_isa_create(PnvChip *chip)
+static ISABus *pnv_chip_power8_isa_create(PnvChip *chip, Error **errp)
 {
-    PnvLpcController *lpc = &chip->lpc;
-    ISABus *isa_bus;
-    qemu_irq *irqs;
-    PnvChipClass *pcc = PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip);
+    return pnv_lpc_isa_create(&chip->lpc, true, errp);
+}
 
-    /* let isa_bus_new() create its own bridge on SysBus otherwise
-     * devices speficied on the command line won't find the bus and
-     * will fail to create.
-     */
-    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, &lpc->isa_mem, &lpc->isa_io,
-                          &error_fatal);
+static ISABus *pnv_chip_power8nvl_isa_create(PnvChip *chip, Error **errp)
+{
+    return pnv_lpc_isa_create(&chip->lpc, false, errp);
+}
 
-    irqs = pnv_lpc_isa_irq_create(lpc, pcc->chip_type, ISA_NUM_IRQS);
+static ISABus *pnv_chip_power9_isa_create(PnvChip *chip, Error **errp)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
 
-    isa_bus_irqs(isa_bus, irqs);
-    return isa_bus;
+static ISABus *pnv_isa_create(PnvChip *chip, Error **errp)
+{
+    return PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip)->isa_create(chip, errp);
 }
 
 static void pnv_init(MachineState *machine)
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static void pnv_init(MachineState *machine)
     g_free(chip_typename);
 
     /* Instantiate ISA bus on chip 0 */
-    pnv->isa_bus = pnv_isa_create(pnv->chips[0]);
+    pnv->isa_bus = pnv_isa_create(pnv->chips[0], &error_fatal);
 
     /* Create serial port */
     serial_hds_isa_init(pnv->isa_bus, 0, MAX_ISA_SERIAL_PORTS);
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ static void pnv_chip_power8e_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->cores_mask = POWER8E_CORE_MASK;
     k->core_pir = pnv_chip_core_pir_p8;
     k->intc_create = pnv_chip_power8_intc_create;
+    k->isa_create = pnv_chip_power8_isa_create;
     k->xscom_base = 0x003fc0000000000ull;
     dc->desc = "PowerNV Chip POWER8E";
 }
@@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ static void pnv_chip_power8_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->cores_mask = POWER8_CORE_MASK;
     k->core_pir = pnv_chip_core_pir_p8;
     k->intc_create = pnv_chip_power8_intc_create;
+    k->isa_create = pnv_chip_power8_isa_create;
     k->xscom_base = 0x003fc0000000000ull;
     dc->desc = "PowerNV Chip POWER8";
 }
@@ -763,6 +765,7 @@ static void pnv_chip_power8nvl_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->cores_mask = POWER8_CORE_MASK;
     k->core_pir = pnv_chip_core_pir_p8;
     k->intc_create = pnv_chip_power8_intc_create;
+    k->isa_create = pnv_chip_power8nvl_isa_create;
     k->xscom_base = 0x003fc0000000000ull;
     dc->desc = "PowerNV Chip POWER8NVL";
 }
@@ -777,6 +780,7 @@ static void pnv_chip_power9_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->cores_mask = POWER9_CORE_MASK;
     k->core_pir = pnv_chip_core_pir_p9;
     k->intc_create = pnv_chip_power9_intc_create;
+    k->isa_create = pnv_chip_power9_isa_create;
     k->xscom_base = 0x00603fc00000000ull;
     dc->desc = "PowerNV Chip POWER9";
 }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c b/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
index 402c4fefa8..d7721320a2 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "target/ppc/cpu.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 
 #include "hw/ppc/pnv.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.h"
@@ -535,16 +536,35 @@ static void pnv_lpc_isa_irq_handler(void *opaque, int n, int level)
     }
 }
 
-qemu_irq *pnv_lpc_isa_irq_create(PnvLpcController *lpc, int chip_type,
-                                 int nirqs)
+ISABus *pnv_lpc_isa_create(PnvLpcController *lpc, bool use_cpld, Error **errp)
 {
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    ISABus *isa_bus;
+    qemu_irq *irqs;
+    qemu_irq_handler handler;
+
+    /* let isa_bus_new() create its own bridge on SysBus otherwise
+     * devices speficied on the command line won't find the bus and
+     * will fail to create.
+     */
+    isa_bus = isa_bus_new(NULL, &lpc->isa_mem, &lpc->isa_io, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* Not all variants have a working serial irq decoder. If not,
      * handling of LPC interrupts becomes a platform issue (some
      * platforms have a CPLD to do it).
      */
-    if (chip_type == PNV_CHIP_POWER8NVL) {
-        return qemu_allocate_irqs(pnv_lpc_isa_irq_handler, lpc, nirqs);
+    if (use_cpld) {
+        handler = pnv_lpc_isa_irq_handler_cpld;
     } else {
-        return qemu_allocate_irqs(pnv_lpc_isa_irq_handler_cpld, lpc, nirqs);
+        handler = pnv_lpc_isa_irq_handler;
     }
+
+    irqs = qemu_allocate_irqs(handler, lpc, ISA_NUM_IRQS);
+
+    isa_bus_irqs(isa_bus, irqs);
+    return isa_bus;
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h b/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
index e934e84f55..563279f3e0 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/pnv.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct PnvChipClass {
 
     uint32_t (*core_pir)(PnvChip *chip, uint32_t core_id);
     Object *(*intc_create)(PnvChip *chip, Object *child, Error **errp);
+    ISABus *(*isa_create)(PnvChip *chip, Error **errp);
 } PnvChipClass;
 
 #define PNV_CHIP_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_PNV_CHIP
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.h b/include/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.h
index 53fdd5bb64..d657489b07 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ typedef struct PnvLpcController {
     PnvPsi *psi;
 } PnvLpcController;
 
-qemu_irq *pnv_lpc_isa_irq_create(PnvLpcController *lpc, int chip_type,
-                                 int nirqs);
+ISABus *pnv_lpc_isa_create(PnvLpcController *lpc, bool use_cpld, Error **errp);
 
 #endif /* _PPC_PNV_LPC_H */