diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 6886aadea0..b66b699243 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ endif #CONFIG_BSD_USER
 ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 
 OBJS=vl.o osdep.o monitor.o pci.o loader.o isa_mmio.o machine.o
+# virtio has to be here due to weird dependency between PCI and virtio-net.
+# need to fix this properly
+OBJS+=virtio.o virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o
 OBJS+=fw_cfg.o
 ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 OBJS+=kvm.o kvm-all.o
@@ -636,8 +639,6 @@ OBJS+= ide.o pckbd.o ps2.o vga.o $(SOUND_HW) dma.o
 OBJS+= fdc.o mc146818rtc.o serial.o i8259.o i8254.o pcspk.o pc.o
 OBJS+= cirrus_vga.o apic.o parallel.o acpi.o piix_pci.o
 OBJS+= usb-uhci.o vmmouse.o vmport.o vmware_vga.o hpet.o
-# virtio support
-OBJS+= virtio.o virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o
 CPPFLAGS += -DHAS_AUDIO -DHAS_AUDIO_CHOICE
 endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), ppc)
@@ -663,8 +664,6 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 OBJS+= kvm_ppc.o
 endif
-# virtio support
-OBJS+= virtio.o virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), mips)
 OBJS+= mips_r4k.o mips_jazz.o mips_malta.o mips_mipssim.o