diff --git a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
index 7e5fa060f5..a37f1931ce 100644
--- a/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
+++ b/hw/isa/vt82c686.c
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 #include "hw/isa/superio.h"
+#include "hw/intc/i8259.h"
+#include "hw/irq.h"
+#include "hw/dma/i8257.h"
+#include "hw/timer/i8254.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "hw/isa/apm.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
@@ -307,9 +312,16 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VT82C686BISAState, VT82C686B_ISA)
 
 struct VT82C686BISAState {
     PCIDevice dev;
+    qemu_irq cpu_intr;
     SuperIOConfig superio_cfg;
 };
 
+static void via_isa_request_i8259_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
+{
+    VT82C686BISAState *s = opaque;
+    qemu_set_irq(s->cpu_intr, level);
+}
+
 static void vt82c686b_write_config(PCIDevice *d, uint32_t addr,
                                    uint32_t val, int len)
 {
@@ -365,10 +377,18 @@ static void vt82c686b_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     VT82C686BISAState *s = VT82C686B_ISA(d);
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(d);
     ISABus *isa_bus;
+    qemu_irq *isa_irq;
     int i;
 
+    qdev_init_gpio_out(dev, &s->cpu_intr, 1);
+    isa_irq = qemu_allocate_irqs(via_isa_request_i8259_irq, s, 1);
     isa_bus = isa_bus_new(dev, get_system_memory(), pci_address_space_io(d),
                           &error_fatal);
+    isa_bus_irqs(isa_bus, i8259_init(isa_bus, *isa_irq));
+    i8254_pit_init(isa_bus, 0x40, 0, NULL);
+    i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);
+    isa_create_simple(isa_bus, TYPE_VT82C686B_SUPERIO);
+    mc146818_rtc_init(isa_bus, 2000, NULL);
 
     for (i = 0; i < PCI_CONFIG_HEADER_SIZE; i++) {
         if (i < PCI_COMMAND || i >= PCI_REVISION_ID) {
diff --git a/hw/mips/fuloong2e.c b/hw/mips/fuloong2e.c
index 94f4718147..4f61f2c873 100644
--- a/hw/mips/fuloong2e.c
+++ b/hw/mips/fuloong2e.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "hw/clock.h"
-#include "hw/intc/i8259.h"
-#include "hw/dma/i8257.h"
-#include "hw/isa/superio.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.h"
@@ -39,13 +36,13 @@
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/ide/pci.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "elf.h"
 #include "hw/isa/vt82c686.h"
-#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
-#include "hw/timer/i8254.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 #define ENVP_PADDR              0x2000
@@ -203,26 +200,13 @@ static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
 }
 
 static void vt82c686b_southbridge_init(PCIBus *pci_bus, int slot, qemu_irq intc,
-                                       I2CBus **i2c_bus, ISABus **p_isa_bus)
+                                       I2CBus **i2c_bus)
 {
-    qemu_irq *i8259;
-    ISABus *isa_bus;
     PCIDevice *dev;
 
     dev = pci_create_simple_multifunction(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(slot, 0), true,
                                           TYPE_VT82C686B_ISA);
-    isa_bus = ISA_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(dev), "isa.0"));
-    assert(isa_bus);
-    *p_isa_bus = isa_bus;
-    /* Interrupt controller */
-    /* The 8259 -> IP5  */
-    i8259 = i8259_init(isa_bus, intc);
-    isa_bus_irqs(isa_bus, i8259);
-    /* init other devices */
-    i8254_pit_init(isa_bus, 0x40, 0, NULL);
-    i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);
-    /* Super I/O */
-    isa_create_simple(isa_bus, TYPE_VT82C686B_SUPERIO);
+    qdev_connect_gpio_out(DEVICE(dev), 0, intc);
 
     dev = pci_create_simple(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(slot, 1), "via-ide");
     pci_ide_create_devs(dev);
@@ -269,7 +253,6 @@ static void mips_fuloong2e_init(MachineState *machine)
     uint64_t kernel_entry;
     PCIDevice *pci_dev;
     PCIBus *pci_bus;
-    ISABus *isa_bus;
     I2CBus *smbus;
     Clock *cpuclk;
     MIPSCPU *cpu;
@@ -336,7 +319,7 @@ static void mips_fuloong2e_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     /* South bridge -> IP5 */
     vt82c686b_southbridge_init(pci_bus, FULOONG2E_VIA_SLOT, env->irq[5],
-                               &smbus, &isa_bus);
+                               &smbus);
 
     /* GPU */
     if (vga_interface_type != VGA_NONE) {
@@ -351,8 +334,6 @@ static void mips_fuloong2e_init(MachineState *machine)
     spd_data = spd_data_generate(DDR, machine->ram_size);
     smbus_eeprom_init_one(smbus, 0x50, spd_data);
 
-    mc146818_rtc_init(isa_bus, 2000, NULL);
-
     /* Network card: RTL8139D */
     network_init(pci_bus);
 }