diff --git a/hw/microblaze/xlnx-zynqmp-pmu.c b/hw/microblaze/xlnx-zynqmp-pmu.c
index 20e973edf5..0948b1fd5f 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/xlnx-zynqmp-pmu.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/xlnx-zynqmp-pmu.c
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_pmu_soc_init(Object *obj)
 
     /* Create the IPI device */
     for (int i = 0; i < XLNX_ZYNQMP_PMU_NUM_IPIS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->ipi[i], sizeof(XlnxZynqMPIPI),
-                          TYPE_XLNX_ZYNQMP_IPI);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->ipi[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        char *name = g_strdup_printf("ipi%d", i);
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, name, &s->ipi[i],
+                              sizeof(XlnxZynqMPIPI), TYPE_XLNX_ZYNQMP_IPI);
+        g_free(name);
     }
 }