diff --git a/hw/intc/s390_flic.c b/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
index bef4caf980..711c11454f 100644
--- a/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/s390_flic.c
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 
 S390FLICState *s390_get_flic(void)
 {
-    S390FLICState *fs;
+    static S390FLICState *fs;
 
-    fs = S390_FLIC_COMMON(object_resolve_path(TYPE_KVM_S390_FLIC, NULL));
     if (!fs) {
-        fs = S390_FLIC_COMMON(object_resolve_path(TYPE_QEMU_S390_FLIC, NULL));
+        fs = S390_FLIC_COMMON(object_resolve_path(TYPE_KVM_S390_FLIC, NULL));
+        if (!fs) {
+            fs = S390_FLIC_COMMON(object_resolve_path(TYPE_QEMU_S390_FLIC,
+                                                      NULL));
+        }
     }
     return fs;
 }