diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 840006e953..7d6fa726fd 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -1076,16 +1076,18 @@ void device_class_set_props(DeviceClass *dc, Property *props)
 void qdev_alias_all_properties(DeviceState *target, Object *source)
 {
     ObjectClass *class;
-    Property *prop;
+    ObjectPropertyIterator iter;
+    ObjectProperty *prop;
 
     class = object_get_class(OBJECT(target));
-    do {
-        DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(class);
 
-        for (prop = dc->props_; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
-            object_property_add_alias(source, prop->name,
-                                      OBJECT(target), prop->name);
+    object_class_property_iter_init(&iter, class);
+    while ((prop = object_property_iter_next(&iter))) {
+        if (object_property_find(source, prop->name)) {
+            continue; /* skip duplicate properties */
         }
-        class = object_class_get_parent(class);
-    } while (class != object_class_by_name(TYPE_DEVICE));
+
+        object_property_add_alias(source, prop->name,
+                                  OBJECT(target), prop->name);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index 25743a29a0..09aa04ca1e 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ void qdev_property_add_static(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop);
  * @target: Device which has properties to be aliased
  * @source: Object to add alias properties to
  *
- * Add alias properties to the @source object for all qdev properties on
- * the @target DeviceState.
+ * Add alias properties to the @source object for all properties on the @target
+ * DeviceState.
  *
  * This is useful when @target is an internal implementation object
  * owned by @source, and you want to expose all the properties of that