diff --git a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
index bce44690e5..f3c9704693 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "hw/char/pl011.h"
 #include "hw/watchdog/sbsa_gwdt.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 #define RAMLIMIT_GB 8192
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ static void create_gic(SBSAMachineState *sms, MemoryRegion *mem)
     SysBusDevice *gicbusdev;
     const char *gictype;
     uint32_t redist0_capacity, redist0_count;
+    QList *redist_region_count;
     int i;
 
     gictype = gicv3_class_name();
@@ -455,8 +457,9 @@ static void create_gic(SBSAMachineState *sms, MemoryRegion *mem)
                 sbsa_ref_memmap[SBSA_GIC_REDIST].size / GICV3_REDIST_SIZE;
     redist0_count = MIN(smp_cpus, redist0_capacity);
 
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sms->gic, "len-redist-region-count", 1);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sms->gic, "redist-region-count[0]", redist0_count);
+    redist_region_count = qlist_new();
+    qlist_append_int(redist_region_count, redist0_count);
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sms->gic, "redist-region-count", redist_region_count);
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(sms->gic), "sysmem",
                              OBJECT(mem), &error_fatal);