diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/apic.c b/hw/i386/kvm/apic.c
index c5983c79be..1f87e73d4d 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/apic.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/apic.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ static void kvm_apic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     APICCommonState *s = APIC_COMMON(dev);
 
-    memory_region_init_io(&s->io_memory, NULL, &kvm_apic_io_ops, s, "kvm-apic-msi",
-                          APIC_SPACE_SIZE);
+    memory_region_init_io(&s->io_memory, OBJECT(s), &kvm_apic_io_ops, s,
+                          "kvm-apic-msi", APIC_SPACE_SIZE);
 
     if (kvm_has_gsi_routing()) {
         msi_nonbroken = true;