diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 41c9808a3f..6bce595aba 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -2517,8 +2517,9 @@ static void virt_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                         db_start, db_end,
                                         VIRTIO_IOMMU_RESV_MEM_T_MSI);
 
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "len-reserved-regions", 1);
-        qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "reserved-regions[0]", resv_prop_str);
+        object_property_set_uint(OBJECT(dev), "len-reserved-regions", 1, errp);
+        object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), "reserved-regions[0]",
+                                resv_prop_str, errp);
         g_free(resv_prop_str);
     }
 }