diff --git a/hw/usb-bt.c b/hw/usb-bt.c
index 649bdcf2d7..23c39ecc23 100644
--- a/hw/usb-bt.c
+++ b/hw/usb-bt.c
@@ -498,14 +498,14 @@ static int usb_bt_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-USBDevice *usb_bt_init(HCIInfo *hci)
+USBDevice *usb_bt_init(USBBus *bus, HCIInfo *hci)
 {
     USBDevice *dev;
     struct USBBtState *s;
 
     if (!hci)
         return NULL;
-    dev = usb_create_simple(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-bt-dongle");
+    dev = usb_create_simple(bus, "usb-bt-dongle");
     if (!dev) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/hw/usb-bus.c b/hw/usb-bus.c
index ae79a4527b..70b7ebc086 100644
--- a/hw/usb-bus.c
+++ b/hw/usb-bus.c
@@ -203,13 +203,14 @@ typedef struct LegacyUSBFactory
 {
     const char *name;
     const char *usbdevice_name;
-    USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(const char *params);
+    USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(USBBus *bus, const char *params);
 } LegacyUSBFactory;
 
 static GSList *legacy_usb_factory;
 
 void usb_legacy_register(const char *typename, const char *usbdevice_name,
-                         USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(const char *params))
+                         USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(USBBus *bus,
+                                                      const char *params))
 {
     if (usbdevice_name) {
         LegacyUSBFactory *f = g_malloc0(sizeof(*f));
@@ -224,17 +225,6 @@ USBDevice *usb_create(USBBus *bus, const char *name)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
 
-#if 1
-    /* temporary stopgap until all usb is properly qdev-ified */
-    if (!bus) {
-        bus = usb_bus_find(-1);
-        if (!bus)
-            return NULL;
-        error_report("%s: no bus specified, using \"%s\" for \"%s\"",
-                __FUNCTION__, bus->qbus.name, name);
-    }
-#endif
-
     dev = qdev_create(&bus->qbus, name);
     return USB_DEVICE(dev);
 }
@@ -565,7 +555,7 @@ USBDevice *usbdevice_create(const char *cmdline)
         }
         return usb_create_simple(bus, f->name);
     }
-    return f->usbdevice_init(params);
+    return f->usbdevice_init(bus, params);
 }
 
 static void usb_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/usb-msd.c b/hw/usb-msd.c
index 5fbd2d021b..c6f08a0313 100644
--- a/hw/usb-msd.c
+++ b/hw/usb-msd.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int usb_msd_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static USBDevice *usb_msd_init(const char *filename)
+static USBDevice *usb_msd_init(USBBus *bus, const char *filename)
 {
     static int nr=0;
     char id[8];
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_msd_init(const char *filename)
     }
 
     /* create guest device */
-    dev = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-storage");
+    dev = usb_create(bus, "usb-storage");
     if (!dev) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/hw/usb-net.c b/hw/usb-net.c
index 49d5d4db65..22b82017e3 100644
--- a/hw/usb-net.c
+++ b/hw/usb-net.c
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ static int usb_net_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static USBDevice *usb_net_init(const char *cmdline)
+static USBDevice *usb_net_init(USBBus *bus, const char *cmdline)
 {
     USBDevice *dev;
     QemuOpts *opts;
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_net_init(const char *cmdline)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    dev = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-net");
+    dev = usb_create(bus, "usb-net");
     if (!dev) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/hw/usb-serial.c b/hw/usb-serial.c
index 52676e8f7b..0aae379b20 100644
--- a/hw/usb-serial.c
+++ b/hw/usb-serial.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int usb_serial_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static USBDevice *usb_serial_init(const char *filename)
+static USBDevice *usb_serial_init(USBBus *bus, const char *filename)
 {
     USBDevice *dev;
     CharDriverState *cdrv;
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_serial_init(const char *filename)
     if (!cdrv)
         return NULL;
 
-    dev = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-serial");
+    dev = usb_create(bus, "usb-serial");
     if (!dev) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_serial_init(const char *filename)
     return dev;
 }
 
-static USBDevice *usb_braille_init(const char *unused)
+static USBDevice *usb_braille_init(USBBus *bus, const char *unused)
 {
     USBDevice *dev;
     CharDriverState *cdrv;
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static USBDevice *usb_braille_init(const char *unused)
     if (!cdrv)
         return NULL;
 
-    dev = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-braille");
+    dev = usb_create(bus, "usb-braille");
     qdev_prop_set_chr(&dev->qdev, "chardev", cdrv);
     qdev_init_nofail(&dev->qdev);
 
diff --git a/hw/usb.h b/hw/usb.h
index 4470ea890a..8e83697fb7 100644
--- a/hw/usb.h
+++ b/hw/usb.h
@@ -373,12 +373,12 @@ void usb_generic_async_ctrl_complete(USBDevice *s, USBPacket *p);
 int set_usb_string(uint8_t *buf, const char *str);
 
 /* usb-linux.c */
-USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(const char *devname);
+USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(USBBus *bus, const char *devname);
 int usb_host_device_close(const char *devname);
 void usb_host_info(Monitor *mon);
 
 /* usb-bt.c */
-USBDevice *usb_bt_init(HCIInfo *hci);
+USBDevice *usb_bt_init(USBBus *bus, HCIInfo *hci);
 
 /* usb ports of the VM */
 
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ struct USBBusOps {
 void usb_bus_new(USBBus *bus, USBBusOps *ops, DeviceState *host);
 USBBus *usb_bus_find(int busnr);
 void usb_legacy_register(const char *typename, const char *usbdevice_name,
-                         USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(const char *params));
+                         USBDevice *(*usbdevice_init)(USBBus *bus,
+                                                      const char *params));
 USBDevice *usb_create(USBBus *bus, const char *name);
 USBDevice *usb_create_simple(USBBus *bus, const char *name);
 USBDevice *usbdevice_create(const char *cmdline);
diff --git a/usb-bsd.c b/usb-bsd.c
index 4fa4b42158..ec26266620 100644
--- a/usb-bsd.c
+++ b/usb-bsd.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int usb_host_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(const char *devname)
+USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(USBBus *guest_bus, const char *devname)
 {
     struct usb_device_info bus_info, dev_info;
     USBDevice *d = NULL, *ret = NULL;
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(const char *devname)
         goto fail_dfd;
     }
 
-    d = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-host");
+    d = usb_create(guest_bus, "usb-host");
     dev = DO_UPCAST(USBHostDevice, dev, d);
 
     if (dev_info.udi_speed == 1) {
diff --git a/usb-linux.c b/usb-linux.c
index 24700fc1f7..47994f3ceb 100644
--- a/usb-linux.c
+++ b/usb-linux.c
@@ -1443,13 +1443,13 @@ static void usb_host_register_types(void)
 
 type_init(usb_host_register_types)
 
-USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(const char *devname)
+USBDevice *usb_host_device_open(USBBus *bus, const char *devname)
 {
     struct USBAutoFilter filter;
     USBDevice *dev;
     char *p;
 
-    dev = usb_create(NULL /* FIXME */, "usb-host");
+    dev = usb_create(bus, "usb-host");
 
     if (strstr(devname, "auto:")) {
         if (parse_filter(devname, &filter) < 0) {
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 1d4c3500a9..4a77696374 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1052,12 +1052,13 @@ static int usb_device_add(const char *devname)
 #ifndef CONFIG_LINUX
     /* only the linux version is qdev-ified, usb-bsd still needs this */
     if (strstart(devname, "host:", &p)) {
-        dev = usb_host_device_open(p);
+        dev = usb_host_device_open(usb_bus_find(-1), p);
     } else
 #endif
     if (!strcmp(devname, "bt") || strstart(devname, "bt:", &p)) {
-        dev = usb_bt_init(devname[2] ? hci_init(p) :
-                        bt_new_hci(qemu_find_bt_vlan(0)));
+        dev = usb_bt_init(usb_bus_find(-1),
+                          devname[2] ? hci_init(p)
+                                     : bt_new_hci(qemu_find_bt_vlan(0)));
     } else {
         return -1;
     }