diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 5f7f349..c75071d 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "elf.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
-#include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/css.h"
 #include "ipl.h"
@@ -29,44 +28,6 @@
 #define ZIPL_IMAGE_START                0x009000UL
 #define IPL_PSW_MASK                    (PSW_MASK_32 | PSW_MASK_64)
 
-#define TYPE_S390_IPL "s390-ipl"
-#define S390_IPL(obj) \
-    OBJECT_CHECK(S390IPLState, (obj), TYPE_S390_IPL)
-#if 0
-#define S390_IPL_CLASS(klass) \
-    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(S390IPLState, (klass), TYPE_S390_IPL)
-#define S390_IPL_GET_CLASS(obj) \
-    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(S390IPLState, (obj), TYPE_S390_IPL)
-#endif
-
-typedef struct S390IPLClass {
-    /*< private >*/
-    SysBusDeviceClass parent_class;
-    /*< public >*/
-
-    void (*parent_reset) (SysBusDevice *dev);
-} S390IPLClass;
-
-typedef struct S390IPLState {
-    /*< private >*/
-    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
-    uint64_t start_addr;
-    uint64_t bios_start_addr;
-    bool enforce_bios;
-    IplParameterBlock iplb;
-    bool iplb_valid;
-    bool reipl_requested;
-
-    /*< public >*/
-    char *kernel;
-    char *initrd;
-    char *cmdline;
-    char *firmware;
-    uint8_t cssid;
-    uint8_t ssid;
-    uint16_t devno;
-} S390IPLState;
-
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_iplb = {
     .name = "ipl/iplb",
     .version_id = 0,
@@ -110,7 +71,7 @@
     return srcaddr + dstaddr;
 }
 
-static int s390_ipl_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
+static void s390_ipl_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     S390IPLState *ipl = S390_IPL(dev);
     uint64_t pentry = KERN_IMAGE_START;
@@ -165,7 +126,7 @@
         }
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "could not load kernel '%s'\n", ipl->kernel);
-            return -1;
+            exit(1);
         }
         /*
          * Is it a Linux kernel (starting at 0x10000)? If yes, we fill in the
@@ -205,7 +166,7 @@
             stq_p(rom_ptr(INITRD_PARM_SIZE), initrd_size);
         }
     }
-    return 0;
+    qemu_register_reset(qdev_reset_all_fn, dev);
 }
 
 static Property s390_ipl_properties[] = {
@@ -308,9 +269,8 @@
 static void s390_ipl_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    SysBusDeviceClass *k = SYS_BUS_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
-    k->init = s390_ipl_init;
+    dc->realize = s390_ipl_realize;
     dc->props = s390_ipl_properties;
     dc->reset = s390_ipl_reset;
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_ipl;
@@ -319,8 +279,8 @@
 
 static const TypeInfo s390_ipl_info = {
     .class_init = s390_ipl_class_init,
-    .parent = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
-    .name  = "s390-ipl",
+    .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
+    .name  = TYPE_S390_IPL,
     .instance_size  = sizeof(S390IPLState),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
index 7f2b403..6b48ed7 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef HW_S390_IPL_H
 #define HW_S390_IPL_H
 
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 
 typedef struct IplParameterBlock {
@@ -25,4 +26,28 @@
 IplParameterBlock *s390_ipl_get_iplb(void);
 void s390_reipl_request(void);
 
+#define TYPE_S390_IPL "s390-ipl"
+#define S390_IPL(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(S390IPLState, (obj), TYPE_S390_IPL)
+
+struct S390IPLState {
+    /*< private >*/
+    DeviceState parent_obj;
+    uint64_t start_addr;
+    uint64_t bios_start_addr;
+    bool enforce_bios;
+    IplParameterBlock iplb;
+    bool iplb_valid;
+    bool reipl_requested;
+
+    /*< public >*/
+    char *kernel;
+    char *initrd;
+    char *cmdline;
+    char *firmware;
+    uint8_t cssid;
+    uint8_t ssid;
+    uint16_t devno;
+};
+typedef struct S390IPLState S390IPLState;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
index cbde977..cebebb1 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
-#include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 
@@ -151,9 +150,9 @@
                        const char *firmware,
                        bool enforce_bios)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev;
+    Object *new = object_new(TYPE_S390_IPL);
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(new);
 
-    dev  = qdev_create(NULL, "s390-ipl");
     if (kernel_filename) {
         qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "kernel", kernel_filename);
     }
@@ -163,8 +162,9 @@
     qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "cmdline", kernel_cmdline);
     qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "firmware", firmware);
     qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "enforce_bios", enforce_bios);
-    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "s390-ipl",
-                              OBJECT(dev), NULL);
+    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), TYPE_S390_IPL,
+                              new, NULL);
+    object_unref(new);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 }