diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
index 26fd214004..59ef33efa9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
@@ -440,8 +440,9 @@ static void fsl_imx6_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
     dc->realize = fsl_imx6_realize;
-
     dc->desc = "i.MX6 SOC";
+    /* Reason: Uses serial_hds[] in the realize() function */
+    dc->user_creatable = false;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo fsl_imx6_type_info = {