diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index a7386f2ca2..597943ff1b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -242,11 +242,18 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     host_bus = PCI_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(phb), "pcie.0"));
     pcms->bus = host_bus;
 
+    /* irq lines */
+    gsi_state = pc_gsi_create(&x86ms->gsi, pcmc->pci_enabled);
+
     /* create ISA bus */
     lpc = pci_new_multifunction(PCI_DEVFN(ICH9_LPC_DEV, ICH9_LPC_FUNC),
                                 TYPE_ICH9_LPC_DEVICE);
     qdev_prop_set_bit(DEVICE(lpc), "smm-enabled",
                       x86_machine_is_smm_enabled(x86ms));
+    lpc_dev = DEVICE(lpc);
+    for (i = 0; i < IOAPIC_NUM_PINS; i++) {
+        qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(lpc_dev, ICH9_GPIO_GSI, i, x86ms->gsi[i]);
+    }
     pci_realize_and_unref(lpc, host_bus, &error_fatal);
 
     rtc_state = ISA_DEVICE(object_resolve_path_component(OBJECT(lpc), "rtc"));
@@ -273,13 +280,6 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
                                    "true", true);
     }
 
-    /* irq lines */
-    gsi_state = pc_gsi_create(&x86ms->gsi, pcmc->pci_enabled);
-
-    lpc_dev = DEVICE(lpc);
-    for (i = 0; i < IOAPIC_NUM_PINS; i++) {
-        qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(lpc_dev, ICH9_GPIO_GSI, i, x86ms->gsi[i]);
-    }
     isa_bus = ISA_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(lpc_dev, "isa.0"));
 
     if (x86ms->pic == ON_OFF_AUTO_ON || x86ms->pic == ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO) {
diff --git a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
index 3f59980aa0..3fcefc5a8a 100644
--- a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
+++ b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ static void ich9_lpc_initfn(Object *obj)
 
     object_initialize_child(obj, "rtc", &lpc->rtc, TYPE_MC146818_RTC);
 
+    qdev_init_gpio_out_named(DEVICE(lpc), lpc->gsi, ICH9_GPIO_GSI,
+                             IOAPIC_NUM_PINS);
+
     object_property_add_uint8_ptr(obj, ACPI_PM_PROP_SCI_INT,
                                   &lpc->sci_gsi, OBJ_PROP_FLAG_READ);
     object_property_add_uint8_ptr(OBJECT(lpc), ACPI_PM_PROP_ACPI_ENABLE_CMD,
@@ -691,7 +694,6 @@ static void ich9_lpc_initfn(Object *obj)
 static void ich9_lpc_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
 {
     ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(d);
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(d);
     PCIBus *pci_bus = pci_get_bus(d);
     ISABus *isa_bus;
 
@@ -734,8 +736,6 @@ static void ich9_lpc_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
                                         ICH9_RST_CNT_IOPORT, &lpc->rst_cnt_mem,
                                         1);
 
-    qdev_init_gpio_out_named(dev, lpc->gsi, ICH9_GPIO_GSI, IOAPIC_NUM_PINS);
-
     isa_bus_register_input_irqs(isa_bus, lpc->gsi);
 
     i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);