diff --git a/hw/cpu/realview_mpcore.c b/hw/cpu/realview_mpcore.c
index 39d4ebeb1d..9d3f8378fb 100644
--- a/hw/cpu/realview_mpcore.c
+++ b/hw/cpu/realview_mpcore.c
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ static void mpcore_rirq_init(Object *obj)
     SysBusDevice *privbusdev;
     int i;
 
-    object_initialize(&s->priv, sizeof(s->priv), TYPE_ARM11MPCORE_PRIV);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->priv), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "a11priv", &s->priv, sizeof(s->priv),
+                          TYPE_ARM11MPCORE_PRIV);
     privbusdev = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->priv);
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, sysbus_mmio_get_region(privbusdev, 0));
 
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->gic[i], sizeof(s->gic[i]), TYPE_REALVIEW_GIC);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gic[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gic[*]", &s->gic[i], sizeof(s->gic[i]),
+                              TYPE_REALVIEW_GIC);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/intc/realview_gic.c b/hw/intc/realview_gic.c
index 50bbab66ee..7f2ff85c83 100644
--- a/hw/intc/realview_gic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/realview_gic.c
@@ -54,16 +54,13 @@ static void realview_gic_init(Object *obj)
 {
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj);
     RealViewGICState *s = REALVIEW_GIC(obj);
-    DeviceState *gicdev;
 
     memory_region_init(&s->container, OBJECT(s),
                        "realview-gic-container", 0x2000);
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->container);
 
-    object_initialize(&s->gic, sizeof(s->gic), TYPE_ARM_GIC);
-    gicdev = DEVICE(&s->gic);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(gicdev, sysbus_get_default());
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "num-cpu", 1);
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gic", &s->gic, sizeof(s->gic), TYPE_ARM_GIC);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->gic), "num-cpu", 1);
 }
 
 static void realview_gic_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)