1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 4805727b53..07f4a64b48 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -2312,9 +2312,8 @@ void virtio_instance_init_common(Object *proxy_obj, void *data,
 {
     DeviceState *vdev = data;
 
-    object_initialize(vdev, vdev_size, vdev_name);
-    object_property_add_child(proxy_obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(vdev), NULL);
-    object_unref(OBJECT(vdev));
+    object_initialize_child(proxy_obj, "virtio-backend", vdev, vdev_size,
+                            vdev_name, &error_abort, NULL);
     qdev_alias_all_properties(vdev, proxy_obj);
 }