diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index a1cdfb0590..207eb82e91 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int s390_virtio_rng_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
     }
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev),
-                             OBJECT(dev->vdev.conf.default_backend), "rng",
+                             OBJECT(dev->vdev.conf.rng), "rng",
                              NULL);
 
     return s390_virtio_device_init(s390_dev, VIRTIO_DEVICE(vdev));
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 44f5772bb2..201a635607 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int virtio_ccw_rng_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
     }
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev),
-                             OBJECT(dev->vdev.conf.default_backend), "rng",
+                             OBJECT(dev->vdev.conf.rng), "rng",
                              NULL);
 
     return virtio_ccw_device_init(ccw_dev, VIRTIO_DEVICE(vdev));
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 444b71aab0..b070b6400b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ static int virtio_rng_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     }
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(vrng),
-                             OBJECT(vrng->vdev.conf.default_backend), "rng",
+                             OBJECT(vrng->vdev.conf.rng), "rng",
                              NULL);
 
     return 0;