1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/arm/armv7m.c b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
index a4ab7d2069..9e00d4037c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/armv7m.c
+++ b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
     }
+
+    /* Tell the CPU where the NVIC is; it will fail realize if it doesn't
+     * have one.
+     */
+    s->cpu->env.nvic = &s->nvic;
+
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s->cpu), true, "realized", &err);
     if (err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, err);
@@ -202,7 +208,6 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->nvic);
     sysbus_connect_irq(sbd, 0,
                        qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(s->cpu), ARM_CPU_IRQ));
-    s->cpu->env.nvic = &s->nvic;
 
     memory_region_add_subregion(&s->container, 0xe000e000,
                                 sysbus_mmio_get_region(sbd, 0));