2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index a80ca7ccbc..c4b5284fdc 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ DeviceInfo *qdev_get_info(DeviceState *dev)
     return DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev)->info;
 }
 
-void qdev_register(DeviceInfo *info)
+void qdev_register_subclass(DeviceInfo *info, const char *parent)
 {
     TypeInfo type_info = {};
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void qdev_register(DeviceInfo *info)
     assert(!info->next);
 
     type_info.name = info->name;
-    type_info.parent = TYPE_DEVICE;
+    type_info.parent = parent;
     type_info.instance_size = info->size;
     type_info.class_init = qdev_subclass_init;
     type_info.class_data = info;
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ void qdev_register(DeviceInfo *info)
     device_info_list = info;
 }
 
+void qdev_register(DeviceInfo *info)
+{
+    qdev_register_subclass(info, TYPE_DEVICE);
+}
+
 static DeviceInfo *qdev_find_info(BusInfo *bus_info, const char *name)
 {
     DeviceInfo *info;
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index f3c92199f0..48f80a5cce 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ struct DeviceInfo {
 extern DeviceInfo *device_info_list;
 
 void qdev_register(DeviceInfo *info);
+void qdev_register_subclass(DeviceInfo *info, const char *parent);
 
 /* Register device properties.  */
 /* GPIO inputs also double as IRQ sinks.  */