diff --git a/hw/gpio/omap_gpio.c b/hw/gpio/omap_gpio.c
index b8f572b..938782a 100644
--- a/hw/gpio/omap_gpio.c
+++ b/hw/gpio/omap_gpio.c
@@ -759,6 +759,8 @@
     k->init = omap_gpio_init;
     dc->reset = omap_gpif_reset;
     dc->props = omap_gpio_properties;
+    /* Reason: pointer property "clk" */
+    dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet = true;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo omap_gpio_info = {
@@ -788,6 +790,8 @@
     k->init = omap2_gpio_init;
     dc->reset = omap2_gpif_reset;
     dc->props = omap2_gpio_properties;
+    /* Reason: pointer properties "iclk", "fclk0", ..., "fclk5" */
+    dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet = true;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo omap2_gpio_info = {