3 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 5b5d595834..297eac2367 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void s390_virtio_net_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIONetS390 *dev = VIRTIO_NET_S390(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_NET);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(&dev->vdev));
     qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 7d675772e4..bb699f27f6 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ static void virtio_ccw_net_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIONetCcw *dev = VIRTIO_NET_CCW(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_NET);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(&dev->vdev));
     qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 155fac9e87..b82b7380bb 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ static void virtio_net_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
     VirtIONetPCI *dev = VIRTIO_NET_PCI(obj);
     object_initialize(&dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev), TYPE_VIRTIO_NET);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "virtio-backend", OBJECT(&dev->vdev), NULL);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(&dev->vdev));
     qdev_alias_all_properties(DEVICE(&dev->vdev), obj);
 }