diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index fcd7395..acfff85 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1899,6 +1899,27 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static QEMUMachine *machine_parse(const char *name)
+{
+    QEMUMachine *m, *machine = NULL;
+
+    if (name) {
+        machine = find_machine(name);
+    }
+    if (machine) {
+        return machine;
+    }
+    printf("Supported machines are:\n");
+    for (m = first_machine; m != NULL; m = m->next) {
+        if (m->alias) {
+            printf("%-10s %s (alias of %s)\n", m->alias, m->desc, m->name);
+        }
+        printf("%-10s %s%s\n", m->name, m->desc,
+               m->is_default ? " (default)" : "");
+    }
+    exit(!name || *name != '?');
+}
+
 static int tcg_init(void)
 {
     return 0;
@@ -2155,20 +2176,7 @@
             }
             switch(popt->index) {
             case QEMU_OPTION_M:
-                machine = find_machine(optarg);
-                if (!machine) {
-                    QEMUMachine *m;
-                    printf("Supported machines are:\n");
-                    for(m = first_machine; m != NULL; m = m->next) {
-                        if (m->alias)
-                            printf("%-10s %s (alias of %s)\n",
-                                   m->alias, m->desc, m->name);
-                        printf("%-10s %s%s\n",
-                               m->name, m->desc,
-                               m->is_default ? " (default)" : "");
-                    }
-                    exit(*optarg != '?');
-                }
+                machine = machine_parse(optarg);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_cpu:
                 /* hw initialization will check this */
@@ -2698,11 +2706,12 @@
             case QEMU_OPTION_machine:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
                 qemu_opts_reset(olist);
-                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 0);
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 1);
                 if (!opts) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "parse error: %s\n", optarg);
                     exit(1);
                 }
+                machine = machine_parse(qemu_opt_get(opts, "type"));
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_usb:
                 usb_enabled = 1;
@@ -2976,8 +2985,8 @@
             p = qemu_opt_get(QTAILQ_FIRST(&list->head), "accel");
         }
         if (p == NULL) {
-            opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("machine"),
-                                   machine->default_machine_opts, 0);
+            qemu_opts_reset(list);
+            opts = qemu_opts_parse(list, machine->default_machine_opts, 0);
             if (!opts) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "parse error for machine %s: %s\n",
                         machine->name, machine->default_machine_opts);