diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx31.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx31.c
index 891850cf18..ec8239a967 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx31.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx31.c
@@ -36,33 +36,31 @@ static void fsl_imx31_init(Object *obj)
 
     object_initialize(&s->cpu, sizeof(s->cpu), "arm1136-" 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_IMX31_CCM);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->ccm), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "ccm", &s->ccm, sizeof(s->ccm), TYPE_IMX31_CCM);
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX31_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);
     }
 
-    object_initialize(&s->gpt, sizeof(s->gpt), TYPE_IMX31_GPT);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gpt), sysbus_get_default());
+    sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gpt", &s->gpt, sizeof(s->gpt), TYPE_IMX31_GPT);
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX31_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);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX31_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_IMX31_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);
     }
 }