diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 556592012e..6a37d07ee0 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -2490,6 +2490,47 @@ static void virt_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
         NULL, NULL);
     object_class_property_set_description(oc, "acpi",
         "Enable ACPI");
+    object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "secure", virt_get_secure,
+                                   virt_set_secure);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "secure",
+                                                "Set on/off to enable/disable the ARM "
+                                                "Security Extensions (TrustZone)");
+
+    object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "virtualization", virt_get_virt,
+                                   virt_set_virt);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "virtualization",
+                                          "Set on/off to enable/disable emulating a "
+                                          "guest CPU which implements the ARM "
+                                          "Virtualization Extensions");
+
+    object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "highmem", virt_get_highmem,
+                                   virt_set_highmem);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "highmem",
+                                          "Set on/off to enable/disable using "
+                                          "physical address space above 32 bits");
+
+    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "gic-version", virt_get_gic_version,
+                                  virt_set_gic_version);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "gic-version",
+                                          "Set GIC version. "
+                                          "Valid values are 2, 3, host and max");
+
+    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "iommu", virt_get_iommu, virt_set_iommu);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "iommu",
+                                          "Set the IOMMU type. "
+                                          "Valid values are none and smmuv3");
+
+    object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "ras", virt_get_ras,
+                                   virt_set_ras);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "ras",
+                                          "Set on/off to enable/disable reporting host memory errors "
+                                          "to a KVM guest using ACPI and guest external abort exceptions");
+
+    object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "mte", virt_get_mte, virt_set_mte);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "mte",
+                                          "Set on/off to enable/disable emulating a "
+                                          "guest CPU which implements the ARM "
+                                          "Memory Tagging Extension");
 }
 
 static void virt_instance_init(Object *obj)
@@ -2502,34 +2543,13 @@ static void virt_instance_init(Object *obj)
      * boot UEFI blobs which assume no TrustZone support.
      */
     vms->secure = false;
-    object_property_add_bool(obj, "secure", virt_get_secure,
-                             virt_set_secure);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "secure",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable the ARM "
-                                    "Security Extensions (TrustZone)");
 
     /* EL2 is also disabled by default, for similar reasons */
     vms->virt = false;
-    object_property_add_bool(obj, "virtualization", virt_get_virt,
-                             virt_set_virt);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "virtualization",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable emulating a "
-                                    "guest CPU which implements the ARM "
-                                    "Virtualization Extensions");
 
     /* High memory is enabled by default */
     vms->highmem = true;
-    object_property_add_bool(obj, "highmem", virt_get_highmem,
-                             virt_set_highmem);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "highmem",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable using "
-                                    "physical address space above 32 bits");
     vms->gic_version = VIRT_GIC_VERSION_NOSEL;
-    object_property_add_str(obj, "gic-version", virt_get_gic_version,
-                        virt_set_gic_version);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "gic-version",
-                                    "Set GIC version. "
-                                    "Valid values are 2, 3, host and max");
 
     vms->highmem_ecam = !vmc->no_highmem_ecam;
 
@@ -2547,26 +2567,12 @@ static void virt_instance_init(Object *obj)
 
     /* Default disallows iommu instantiation */
     vms->iommu = VIRT_IOMMU_NONE;
-    object_property_add_str(obj, "iommu", virt_get_iommu, virt_set_iommu);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "iommu",
-                                    "Set the IOMMU type. "
-                                    "Valid values are none and smmuv3");
 
     /* Default disallows RAS instantiation */
     vms->ras = false;
-    object_property_add_bool(obj, "ras", virt_get_ras,
-                             virt_set_ras);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "ras",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable reporting host memory errors "
-                                    "to a KVM guest using ACPI and guest external abort exceptions");
 
     /* MTE is disabled by default.  */
     vms->mte = false;
-    object_property_add_bool(obj, "mte", virt_get_mte, virt_set_mte);
-    object_property_set_description(obj, "mte",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable emulating a "
-                                    "guest CPU which implements the ARM "
-                                    "Memory Tagging Extension");
 
     vms->irqmap = a15irqmap;