diff --git a/hw/usb/bus.c b/hw/usb/bus.c
index 99aac7a2c0..55d0edd5c3 100644
--- a/hw/usb/bus.c
+++ b/hw/usb/bus.c
@@ -590,6 +590,13 @@ USBDevice *usbdevice_create(const char *cmdline)
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (!bus) {
+        error_report("Error: no usb bus to attach usbdevice %s, "
+                     "please try -machine usb=on and check that "
+                     "the machine model supports USB", driver);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (!f->usbdevice_init) {
         if (*params) {
             error_report("usbdevice %s accepts no params", driver);
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-pci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-pci.c
index 5887eab197..41dbb539f2 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-pci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-pci.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void ehci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->revision = i->revision;
     k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_USB;
     k->config_write = usb_ehci_pci_write_config;
+    k->no_hotplug = 1;
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_ehci_pci;
     dc->props = ehci_pci_properties;
 }
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-sysbus.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-sysbus.c
index 1584079796..803df92f31 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-sysbus.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci-sysbus.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static int usb_ehci_sysbus_initfn(SysBusDevice *dev)
 
     s->capsbase = 0x100;
     s->opregbase = 0x140;
+    s->dma = &dma_context_memory;
 
     usb_ehci_initfn(s, DEVICE(dev));
     sysbus_init_irq(dev, &s->irq);
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
index 64de906e41..e16a2ecab4 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
@@ -1882,6 +1882,7 @@ static void ohci_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE;
     k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_IPID_USB;
     k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_USB;
+    k->no_hotplug = 1;
     dc->desc = "Apple USB Controller";
     dc->props = ohci_pci_properties;
 }
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
index 8e478030ad..d053791de0 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
@@ -1327,6 +1327,7 @@ static void uhci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->device_id = info->device_id;
     k->revision  = info->revision;
     k->class_id  = PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_USB;
+    k->no_hotplug = 1;
     dc->vmsd = &vmstate_uhci;
     dc->props = uhci_properties;
     u->info = *info;
diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
index 8ef4b0730e..efb509e423 100644
--- a/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
@@ -3167,6 +3167,7 @@ static void xhci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->class_id     = PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_USB;
     k->revision     = 0x03;
     k->is_express   = 1;
+    k->no_hotplug   = 1;
 }
 
 static TypeInfo xhci_info = {