diff --git a/hw/core/sysbus.c b/hw/core/sysbus.c
index 9f9edbcab9..307cf90a51 100644
--- a/hw/core/sysbus.c
+++ b/hw/core/sysbus.c
@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ static void main_system_bus_create(void)
     qbus_create_inplace(main_system_bus, system_bus_info.instance_size,
                         TYPE_SYSTEM_BUS, NULL, "main-system-bus");
     OBJECT(main_system_bus)->free = g_free;
-    object_property_add_child(container_get(qdev_get_machine(),
-                                            "/unattached"),
-                              "sysbus", OBJECT(main_system_bus), NULL);
 }
 
 BusState *sysbus_get_default(void)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 4f84d6568f..22609af3a4 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3989,6 +3989,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
     object_property_add_child(object_get_root(), "machine",
                               OBJECT(current_machine), &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_child(container_get(OBJECT(current_machine),
+                                            "/unattached"),
+                              "sysbus", OBJECT(sysbus_get_default()),
+                              NULL);
 
     if (machine_class->minimum_page_bits) {
         if (!set_preferred_target_page_bits(machine_class->minimum_page_bits)) {