diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_sysfw.c b/hw/i386/pc_sysfw.c
index b4c3833352..2dcaa116ad 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_sysfw.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_sysfw.c
@@ -91,18 +91,6 @@ static PFlashCFI01 *pc_pflash_create(PCMachineState *pcms,
     return PFLASH_CFI01(dev);
 }
 
-static void pc_system_flash_create(PCMachineState *pcms)
-{
-    PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
-
-    if (pcmc->pci_enabled) {
-        pcms->flash[0] = pc_pflash_create(pcms, "system.flash0",
-                                          "pflash0");
-        pcms->flash[1] = pc_pflash_create(pcms, "system.flash1",
-                                          "pflash1");
-    }
-}
-
 static void pc_system_flash_cleanup_unused(PCMachineState *pcms)
 {
     char *prop_name;
@@ -212,7 +200,8 @@ void pc_system_firmware_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
         return;
     }
 
-    pc_system_flash_create(pcms);
+    pcms->flash[0] = pc_pflash_create(pcms, "system.flash0", "pflash0");
+    pcms->flash[1] = pc_pflash_create(pcms, "system.flash1", "pflash1");
 
     /* Map legacy -drive if=pflash to machine properties */
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pcms->flash); i++) {