diff --git a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
index ae7ff44423..70e7886c37 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ petalogix_ml605_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     dma = qdev_create(NULL, "xlnx.axi-dma");
 
     /* FIXME: attach to the sysbus instead */
-    object_property_add_child(container_get(qdev_get_machine(), "/unattached"),
-                                  "xilinx-dma", OBJECT(dma), NULL);
+    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "xilinx-dma", OBJECT(dma),
+                              NULL);
 
     xilinx_axiethernet_init(eth0, &nd_table[0], STREAM_SLAVE(dma),
                                    0x82780000, irq[3], 0x1000, 0x1000);