diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index cd7bd0eef6..9e0724ca5a 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -1062,10 +1062,6 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
         memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, 512 << 20, ram_low_postio);
     }
 
-    /* generate SPD EEPROM data */
-    generate_eeprom_spd(&smbus_eeprom_buf[0 * 256], ram_size);
-    generate_eeprom_serial(&smbus_eeprom_buf[6 * 256]);
-
 #ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     be = 1;
 #else
@@ -1208,15 +1204,19 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
     pci_create_simple(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 2, "piix4-usb-uhci");
     smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 3, 0x1100,
                           isa_get_irq(NULL, 9), NULL, 0, NULL);
-    smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, smbus_eeprom_buf, smbus_eeprom_size);
-    g_free(smbus_eeprom_buf);
     pit = i8254_pit_init(isa_bus, 0x40, 0, NULL);
     i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);
+    mc146818_rtc_init(isa_bus, 2000, NULL);
+
+    /* generate SPD EEPROM data */
+    generate_eeprom_spd(&smbus_eeprom_buf[0 * 256], ram_size);
+    generate_eeprom_serial(&smbus_eeprom_buf[6 * 256]);
+    smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, smbus_eeprom_buf, smbus_eeprom_size);
+    g_free(smbus_eeprom_buf);
 
     /* Super I/O */
     isa_create_simple(isa_bus, TYPE_I8042);
 
-    mc146818_rtc_init(isa_bus, 2000, NULL);
     serial_hds_isa_init(isa_bus, 0, 2);
     parallel_hds_isa_init(isa_bus, 1);