diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 642105f3f6..4b46c299c3 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -993,18 +993,26 @@ void pc_acpi_smi_interrupt(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 static X86CPU *pc_new_cpu(const char *cpu_model, int64_t apic_id,
                           DeviceState *icc_bridge, Error **errp)
 {
-    X86CPU *cpu;
+    X86CPU *cpu = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    cpu = cpu_x86_create(cpu_model, icc_bridge, &local_err);
-    if (local_err != NULL) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        return NULL;
+    if (icc_bridge == NULL) {
+        error_setg(&local_err, "Invalid icc-bridge value");
+        goto out;
     }
 
+    cpu = cpu_x86_create(cpu_model, &local_err);
+    if (local_err != NULL) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(cpu), qdev_get_child_bus(icc_bridge, "icc"));
+    object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
+
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), apic_id, "apic-id", &local_err);
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), true, "realized", &local_err);
 
+out:
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index ed7e5d5de3..f01690bfea 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -2076,8 +2076,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_load_def(X86CPU *cpu, X86CPUDefinition *def, Error **errp)
 
 }
 
-X86CPU *cpu_x86_create(const char *cpu_model, DeviceState *icc_bridge,
-                       Error **errp)
+X86CPU *cpu_x86_create(const char *cpu_model, Error **errp)
 {
     X86CPU *cpu = NULL;
     X86CPUClass *xcc;
@@ -2108,15 +2107,6 @@ X86CPU *cpu_x86_create(const char *cpu_model, DeviceState *icc_bridge,
 
     cpu = X86_CPU(object_new(object_class_get_name(oc)));
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-    if (icc_bridge == NULL) {
-        error_setg(&error, "Invalid icc-bridge value");
-        goto out;
-    }
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(cpu), qdev_get_child_bus(icc_bridge, "icc"));
-    object_unref(OBJECT(cpu));
-#endif
-
     x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(CPU(cpu), features, &error);
     if (error) {
         goto out;
@@ -2139,7 +2129,7 @@ X86CPU *cpu_x86_init(const char *cpu_model)
     Error *error = NULL;
     X86CPU *cpu;
 
-    cpu = cpu_x86_create(cpu_model, NULL, &error);
+    cpu = cpu_x86_create(cpu_model, &error);
     if (error) {
         goto out;
     }
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
index e4c27b1fa8..15db6d7aba 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
@@ -982,8 +982,7 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 
 X86CPU *cpu_x86_init(const char *cpu_model);
-X86CPU *cpu_x86_create(const char *cpu_model, DeviceState *icc_bridge,
-                       Error **errp);
+X86CPU *cpu_x86_create(const char *cpu_model, Error **errp);
 int cpu_x86_exec(CPUX86State *s);
 void x86_cpu_list(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf);
 void x86_cpudef_setup(void);