diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 50734a1cd4..457c7fe4ba 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -887,7 +887,8 @@ void qdev_property_add_static(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop)
     }
 }
 
-static void qdev_class_add_property(DeviceClass *klass, Property *prop)
+static void qdev_class_add_property(DeviceClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                    Property *prop)
 {
     ObjectClass *oc = OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
 
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@ static void qdev_class_add_property(DeviceClass *klass, Property *prop)
         ObjectProperty *op;
 
         op = object_class_property_add(oc,
-                                       prop->name, prop->info->name,
+                                       name, prop->info->name,
                                        prop->info->get, prop->info->set,
                                        prop->info->release,
                                        prop);
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ static void qdev_class_add_property(DeviceClass *klass, Property *prop)
             prop->info->set_default_value(op, prop);
         }
     }
-    object_class_property_set_description(oc, prop->name,
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, name,
                                           prop->info->description);
 }
 
@@ -962,7 +963,7 @@ void device_class_set_props(DeviceClass *dc, Property *props)
     dc->props_ = props;
     for (prop = props; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
         qdev_class_add_legacy_property(dc, prop);
-        qdev_class_add_property(dc, prop);
+        qdev_class_add_property(dc, prop->name, prop);
     }
 }