diff --git a/hw/ide/via.c b/hw/ide/via.c
index 096de8dba0..84f0efff94 100644
--- a/hw/ide/via.c
+++ b/hw/ide/via.c
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ static void via_ide_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     bmdma_setup_bar(d);
     pci_register_bar(dev, 4, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO, &d->bmdma_bar);
 
-    vmstate_register(VMSTATE_IF(dev), 0, &vmstate_ide_pci, d);
-
     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
         ide_bus_new(&d->bus[i], sizeof(d->bus[i]), DEVICE(d), i, 2);
         ide_init2(&d->bus[i], qemu_allocate_irq(via_ide_set_irq, d, i));
@@ -227,6 +225,7 @@ static void via_ide_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     PCIDeviceClass *k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     dc->reset = via_ide_reset;
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_ide_pci;
     k->realize = via_ide_realize;
     k->exit = via_ide_exitfn;
     k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA;