diff --git a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
index f62a9a3541..43a3f01f45 100644
--- a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
+++ b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static void aw_a10_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
     dc->realize = aw_a10_realize;
+    /* Reason: Uses serial_hds in realize and nd_table in instance_init */
+    dc->user_creatable = false;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo aw_a10_type_info = {
diff --git a/scripts/device-crash-test b/scripts/device-crash-test
index e77b693eb2..81d65b9617 100755
--- a/scripts/device-crash-test
+++ b/scripts/device-crash-test
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ ERROR_WHITELIST = [
     {'log':r"Device [\w.,-]+ can not be dynamically instantiated"},
     {'log':r"Platform Bus: Can not fit MMIO region of size "},
     # other more specific errors we will ignore:
-    {'device':'allwinner-a10', 'log':"Unsupported NIC model:"},
     {'device':'.*-spapr-cpu-core', 'log':r"CPU core type should be"},
     {'log':r"MSI(-X)? is not supported by interrupt controller"},
     {'log':r"pxb-pcie? devices cannot reside on a PCIe? bus"},