diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv.c b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
index 27589b91d1..9468e991bf 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv.c
@@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ static void powernv_populate_icp(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt, uint32_t pir,
     g_free(reg);
 }
 
+static int pnv_chip_lpc_offset(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt)
+{
+    char *name;
+    int offset;
+
+    name = g_strdup_printf("/xscom@%" PRIx64 "/isa@%x",
+                           (uint64_t) PNV_XSCOM_BASE(chip), PNV_XSCOM_LPC_BASE);
+    offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, name);
+    g_free(name);
+    return offset;
+}
+
 static void powernv_populate_chip(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt)
 {
     PnvChipClass *pcc = PNV_CHIP_GET_CLASS(chip);
@@ -264,6 +276,16 @@ static void powernv_populate_chip(PnvChip *chip, void *fdt)
 
     pnv_xscom_populate(chip, fdt, 0);
 
+    /* The default LPC bus of a multichip system is on chip 0. It's
+     * recognized by the firmware (skiboot) using a "primary"
+     * property.
+     */
+    if (chip->chip_id == 0x0) {
+        int lpc_offset = pnv_chip_lpc_offset(chip, fdt);
+
+        _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, lpc_offset, "primary", NULL, 0)));
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < chip->nr_cores; i++) {
         PnvCore *pnv_core = PNV_CORE(chip->cores + i * typesize);
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c b/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
index 5d20c15e67..f03a80a29b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ enum {
 #define LPC_HC_REGS_OPB_SIZE    0x00001000
 
 
-/*
- * TODO: the "primary" cell should only be added on chip 0. This is
- * how skiboot chooses the default LPC controller on multichip
- * systems.
- *
- * It would be easly done if we can change the populate() interface to
- * replace the PnvXScomInterface parameter by a PnvChip one
- */
 static int pnv_lpc_populate(PnvXScomInterface *dev, void *fdt, int xscom_offset)
 {
     const char compat[] = "ibm,power8-lpc\0ibm,lpc";
@@ -119,7 +111,6 @@ static int pnv_lpc_populate(PnvXScomInterface *dev, void *fdt, int xscom_offset)
     _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "reg", reg, sizeof(reg))));
     _FDT((fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, offset, "#address-cells", 2)));
     _FDT((fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, offset, "#size-cells", 1)));
-    _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "primary", NULL, 0)));
     _FDT((fdt_setprop(fdt, offset, "compatible", compat, sizeof(compat))));
     return 0;
 }