diff --git a/hw/pci-host/raven.c b/hw/pci-host/raven.c
index eacffc86d8..c0492d1456 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/raven.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/raven.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ struct PRePPCIState {
     MemoryRegion bm_ram_alias;
     MemoryRegion bm_pci_memory_alias;
     AddressSpace bm_as;
-    RavenPCIState pci_dev;
 
     int contiguous_map;
 };
@@ -260,8 +259,7 @@ static void raven_pcihost_realizefn(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
                           "pci-intack", 1);
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, 0xbffffff0, &s->pci_intack);
 
-    /* TODO Remove once realize propagates to child devices. */
-    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->pci_dev), BUS(&s->pci_bus), errp);
+    pci_create_simple(&s->pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(0, 0), TYPE_RAVEN_PCI_DEVICE);
 }
 
 static void raven_pcihost_initfn(Object *obj)
@@ -269,7 +267,6 @@ static void raven_pcihost_initfn(Object *obj)
     PCIHostState *h = PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(obj);
     PREPPCIState *s = RAVEN_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(obj);
     MemoryRegion *address_space_mem = get_system_memory();
-    DeviceState *pci_dev;
 
     memory_region_init(&s->pci_io, obj, "pci-io", 0x3f800000);
     memory_region_init_io(&s->pci_io_non_contiguous, obj, &raven_io_ops, s,
@@ -306,12 +303,6 @@ static void raven_pcihost_initfn(Object *obj)
     pci_setup_iommu(&s->pci_bus, &raven_iommu_ops, s);
 
     h->bus = &s->pci_bus;
-
-    object_initialize(&s->pci_dev, sizeof(s->pci_dev), TYPE_RAVEN_PCI_DEVICE);
-    pci_dev = DEVICE(&s->pci_dev);
-    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&s->pci_dev), "addr", PCI_DEVFN(0, 0),
-                            NULL);
-    qdev_prop_set_bit(pci_dev, "multifunction", false);
 }
 
 static void raven_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)