diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx25.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx25.c
index 37056f9e34..bd07040a4a 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx25.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx25.c
@@ -39,38 +39,36 @@ static void fsl_imx25_init(Object *obj)
 
     object_initialize(&s->cpu, sizeof(s->cpu), "arm926-" TYPE_ARM_CPU);
 
-    object_initialize(&s->avic, sizeof(s->avic), TYPE_IMX_AVIC);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->avic), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "avic", &s->avic, sizeof(s->avic),
+                          TYPE_IMX_AVIC);
 
-    object_initialize(&s->ccm, sizeof(s->ccm), TYPE_IMX25_CCM);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->ccm), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "ccm", &s->ccm, sizeof(s->ccm), TYPE_IMX25_CCM);
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX25_NUM_UARTS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->uart[i], sizeof(s->uart[i]), TYPE_IMX_SERIAL);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->uart[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "uart[*]", &s->uart[i], sizeof(s->uart[i]),
+                              TYPE_IMX_SERIAL);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX25_NUM_GPTS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->gpt[i], sizeof(s->gpt[i]), TYPE_IMX25_GPT);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gpt[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gpt[*]", &s->gpt[i], sizeof(s->gpt[i]),
+                              TYPE_IMX25_GPT);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX25_NUM_EPITS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->epit[i], sizeof(s->epit[i]), TYPE_IMX_EPIT);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->epit[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "epit[*]", &s->epit[i], sizeof(s->epit[i]),
+                              TYPE_IMX_EPIT);
     }
 
-    object_initialize(&s->fec, sizeof(s->fec), TYPE_IMX_FEC);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->fec), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "fec", &s->fec, sizeof(s->fec), TYPE_IMX_FEC);
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX25_NUM_I2CS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->i2c[i], sizeof(s->i2c[i]), TYPE_IMX_I2C);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->i2c[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "i2c[*]", &s->i2c[i], sizeof(s->i2c[i]),
+                              TYPE_IMX_I2C);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX25_NUM_GPIOS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->gpio[i], sizeof(s->gpio[i]), TYPE_IMX_GPIO);
-        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gpio[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+        sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gpio[*]", &s->gpio[i], sizeof(s->gpio[i]),
+                              TYPE_IMX_GPIO);
     }
 }