5 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/hw/char/serial-isa.c b/hw/char/serial-isa.c
index 2a4c8de..db86445 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial-isa.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial-isa.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void serial_isa_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     index++;
 
     isa_init_irq(isadev, &s->irq, isa->isairq);
-    serial_realize_core(s, errp);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s), true, "realized", errp);
     qdev_set_legacy_instance_id(dev, isa->iobase, 3);
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->io, OBJECT(isa), &serial_io_ops, s, "serial", 8);
diff --git a/hw/char/serial-pci-multi.c b/hw/char/serial-pci-multi.c
index 4891f32..0e1fdb7 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial-pci-multi.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial-pci-multi.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void multi_serial_pci_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
 
     for (i = 0; i < nports; i++) {
         s = pci->state + i;
-        serial_realize_core(s, &err);
+        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s), true, "realized", &err);
         if (err != NULL) {
             error_propagate(errp, err);
             multi_serial_pci_exit(dev);
diff --git a/hw/char/serial-pci.c b/hw/char/serial-pci.c
index db2c17a..4b6a217 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial-pci.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial-pci.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void serial_pci_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     SerialState *s = &pci->state;
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    serial_realize_core(s, &err);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s), true, "realized", &err);
     if (err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, err);
         return;
diff --git a/hw/char/serial.c b/hw/char/serial.c
index a4f0566..8328cc6 100644
--- a/hw/char/serial.c
+++ b/hw/char/serial.c
@@ -934,8 +934,10 @@ static int serial_be_change(void *opaque)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void serial_realize_core(SerialState *s, Error **errp)
+static void serial_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    SerialState *s = SERIAL(dev);
+
     s->modem_status_poll = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, (QEMUTimerCB *) serial_update_msl, s);
 
     s->fifo_timeout_timer = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, (QEMUTimerCB *) fifo_timeout_int, s);
@@ -990,7 +992,6 @@ SerialState *serial_init(int base, qemu_irq irq, int baudbase,
     s->irq = irq;
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "baudbase", baudbase);
     qdev_prop_set_chr(dev, "chardev", chr);
-    serial_realize_core(s, &error_fatal);
     qdev_set_legacy_instance_id(dev, base, 2);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
@@ -1012,6 +1013,7 @@ static void serial_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void* data)
 
     /* internal device for serialio/serialmm, not user-creatable */
     dc->user_creatable = false;
+    dc->realize = serial_realize;
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_serial;
     dc->props = serial_properties;
 }
@@ -1075,8 +1077,6 @@ SerialState *serial_mm_init(MemoryRegion *address_space,
     s->irq = irq;
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "baudbase", baudbase);
     qdev_prop_set_chr(dev, "chardev", chr);
-
-    serial_realize_core(s, &error_fatal);
     qdev_set_legacy_instance_id(dev, base, 2);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/char/serial.h b/include/hw/char/serial.h
index 3dc6185..571aab9 100644
--- a/include/hw/char/serial.h
+++ b/include/hw/char/serial.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ typedef struct SerialState {
 extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_serial;
 extern const MemoryRegionOps serial_io_ops;
 
-void serial_realize_core(SerialState *s, Error **errp);
 void serial_exit_core(SerialState *s);
 void serial_set_frequency(SerialState *s, uint32_t frequency);