diff --git a/hw/intc/xics.c b/hw/intc/xics.c
index 56fe70cd10..d4428b41b0 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics.c
@@ -38,17 +38,6 @@
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "hw/intc/intc.h"
 
-int xics_get_cpu_index_by_dt_id(int cpu_dt_id)
-{
-    PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(cpu_dt_id);
-
-    if (cpu) {
-        return cpu->parent_obj.cpu_index;
-    }
-
-    return -1;
-}
-
 void xics_cpu_destroy(XICSFabric *xi, PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 08f8615f0d..703b14a15b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static int try_create_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, const char *type_ics,
     XICSFabric *xi = XICS_FABRIC(spapr);
     Error *err = NULL, *local_err = NULL;
     ICSState *ics = NULL;
-    int i;
 
     ics = ICS_SIMPLE(object_new(type_ics));
     object_property_add_child(OBJECT(spapr), "ics", OBJECT(ics), NULL);
@@ -113,34 +112,14 @@ static int try_create_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, const char *type_ics,
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(ics), true, "realized", &local_err);
     error_propagate(&err, local_err);
     if (err) {
-        goto error;
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return -1;
     }
 
-    spapr->icps = g_malloc0(nr_servers * sizeof(ICPState));
     spapr->nr_servers = nr_servers;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < nr_servers; i++) {
-        ICPState *icp = &spapr->icps[i];
-
-        object_initialize(icp, sizeof(*icp), type_icp);
-        object_property_add_child(OBJECT(spapr), "icp[*]", OBJECT(icp), NULL);
-        object_property_add_const_link(OBJECT(icp), "xics", OBJECT(xi), NULL);
-        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(icp), true, "realized", &err);
-        if (err) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-        object_unref(OBJECT(icp));
-    }
-
     spapr->ics = ics;
+    spapr->icp_type = type_icp;
     return 0;
-
-error:
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-    if (ics) {
-        object_unparent(OBJECT(ics));
-    }
-    return -1;
 }
 
 static int xics_system_init(MachineState *machine,
@@ -1441,9 +1420,10 @@ static int spapr_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     int err = 0;
 
     if (!object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(spapr->ics), TYPE_ICS_KVM)) {
-        int i;
-        for (i = 0; i < spapr->nr_servers; i++) {
-            icp_resend(&spapr->icps[i]);
+        CPUState *cs;
+        CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
+            PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
+            icp_resend(ICP(cpu->intc));
         }
     }
 
@@ -3114,20 +3094,21 @@ static void spapr_ics_resend(XICSFabric *dev)
 
 static ICPState *spapr_icp_get(XICSFabric *xi, int cpu_dt_id)
 {
-    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(xi);
-    int server = xics_get_cpu_index_by_dt_id(cpu_dt_id);
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_get_vcpu_by_dt_id(cpu_dt_id);
 
-    return (server < spapr->nr_servers) ? &spapr->icps[server] : NULL;
+    return cpu ? ICP(cpu->intc) : NULL;
 }
 
 static void spapr_pic_print_info(InterruptStatsProvider *obj,
                                  Monitor *mon)
 {
     sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(obj);
-    int i;
+    CPUState *cs;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < spapr->nr_servers; i++) {
-        icp_pic_print_info(&spapr->icps[i], mon);
+    CPU_FOREACH(cs) {
+        PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
+
+        icp_pic_print_info(ICP(cpu->intc), mon);
     }
 
     ics_pic_print_info(spapr->ics, mon);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 4e1a99591d..2e689b542d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
                            Error **errp)
 {
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
-    XICSFabric *xi = XICS_FABRIC(spapr);
-    ICPState *icp = xics_icp_get(xi, cpu->cpu_dt_id);
 
     /* Set time-base frequency to 512 MHz */
     cpu_ppc_tb_init(env, SPAPR_TIMEBASE_FREQ);
@@ -82,8 +80,6 @@ static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
         }
     }
 
-    xics_cpu_setup(xi, cpu, icp);
-
     qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
     spapr_cpu_reset(cpu);
 }
@@ -143,18 +139,32 @@ static void spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child, Error **errp)
     sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
+    Object *obj;
+
+    obj = object_new(spapr->icp_type);
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(cpu), "icp", obj, NULL);
+    object_property_add_const_link(obj, "xics", OBJECT(spapr), &error_abort);
+    object_property_set_bool(obj, true, "realized", &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
 
     object_property_set_bool(child, true, "realized", &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
+        object_unparent(obj);
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
     }
 
     spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
+        object_unparent(obj);
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
     }
+
+    xics_cpu_setup(XICS_FABRIC(spapr), cpu, ICP(obj));
 }
 
 static void spapr_cpu_core_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index e27de64d31..7dbba577b0 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct sPAPRMachineState {
     MemoryHotplugState hotplug_memory;
 
     uint32_t nr_servers;
-    ICPState *icps;
+    const char *icp_type;
 };
 
 #define H_SUCCESS         0
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
index b97d30bbc6..b07f56fcc5 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/xics.h
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ void xics_cpu_setup(XICSFabric *xi, PowerPCCPU *cpu, ICPState *icp);
 void xics_cpu_destroy(XICSFabric *xi, PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 
 /* Internal XICS interfaces */
-int xics_get_cpu_index_by_dt_id(int cpu_dt_id);
-
 void icp_set_cppr(ICPState *icp, uint8_t cppr);
 void icp_set_mfrr(ICPState *icp, uint8_t mfrr);
 uint32_t icp_accept(ICPState *ss);