diff --git a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
index 9f7a880..4749e93 100644
--- a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
@@ -479,13 +479,8 @@
                 qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq rx_dma, qemu_irq tx_dma)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
-    SysBusDevice *sbd;
 
-    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_PXA2XX_MMCI);
-    sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
-    sysbus_realize_and_unref(sbd, &error_fatal);
-    sysbus_mmio_map(sbd, 0, base);
-    sysbus_connect_irq(sbd, 0, irq);
+    dev = sysbus_create_simple(TYPE_PXA2XX_MMCI, base, irq);
     qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(dev, "rx-dma", 0, rx_dma);
     qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(dev, "tx-dma", 0, tx_dma);