diff --git a/hw/arm/sabrelite.c b/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
index 776c51e39869..4e7ac8cc4f4b 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
@@ -86,13 +86,19 @@ static void sabrelite_init(MachineState *machine)
             spi_bus = (SSIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(spi_dev), "spi");
             if (spi_bus) {
                 DeviceState *flash_dev;
-
-                flash_dev = ssi_create_slave(spi_bus, "sst25vf016b");
-                if (flash_dev) {
-                    qemu_irq cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev,
-                                                              SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
-                    sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(spi_dev), 1, cs_line);
+                qemu_irq cs_line;
+                DriveInfo *dinfo = drive_get_next(IF_MTD);
+
+                flash_dev = ssi_create_slave_no_init(spi_bus, "sst25vf016b");
+                if (dinfo) {
+                    qdev_prop_set_drive(flash_dev, "drive",
+                                        blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
+                                        &error_fatal);
                 }
+                qdev_init_nofail(flash_dev);
+
+                cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
+                sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(spi_dev), 1, cs_line);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c b/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
index aefebcfa6d8f..b0cabe2e4a67 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ static inline void zynq_init_spi_flashes(uint32_t base_addr, qemu_irq irq,
         spi = (SSIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, bus_name);
 
         for (j = 0; j < num_ss; ++j) {
-            flash_dev = ssi_create_slave(spi, "n25q128");
+            DriveInfo *dinfo = drive_get_next(IF_MTD);
+            flash_dev = ssi_create_slave_no_init(spi, "n25q128");
+            if (dinfo) {
+                qdev_prop_set_drive(flash_dev, "drive",
+                                    blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
+            }
+            qdev_init_nofail(flash_dev);
 
             cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
             sysbus_connect_irq(busdev, i * num_ss + j + 1, cs_line);
diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-ep108.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-ep108.c
index 34b464171266..4ec590a25db5 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-ep108.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-ep108.c
@@ -88,12 +88,19 @@ static void xlnx_ep108_init(MachineState *machine)
         SSIBus *spi_bus;
         DeviceState *flash_dev;
         qemu_irq cs_line;
+        DriveInfo *dinfo = drive_get_next(IF_MTD);
         gchar *bus_name = g_strdup_printf("spi%d", i);
 
         spi_bus = (SSIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(&s->soc), bus_name);
         g_free(bus_name);
 
-        flash_dev = ssi_create_slave(spi_bus, "sst25wf080");
+        flash_dev = ssi_create_slave_no_init(spi_bus, "sst25wf080");
+        if (dinfo) {
+            qdev_prop_set_drive(flash_dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
+                                &error_fatal);
+        }
+        qdev_init_nofail(flash_dev);
+
         cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
 
         sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->soc.spi[i]), 1, cs_line);
diff --git a/hw/block/m25p80.c b/hw/block/m25p80.c
index e6f6e23fb71d..7d1c34a1a2d1 100644
--- a/hw/block/m25p80.c
+++ b/hw/block/m25p80.c
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ static uint32_t m25p80_transfer8(SSISlave *ss, uint32_t tx)
 
 static void m25p80_realize(SSISlave *ss, Error **errp)
 {
-    DriveInfo *dinfo;
     Flash *s = M25P80(ss);
     M25P80Class *mc = M25P80_GET_CLASS(s);
 
@@ -890,14 +889,8 @@ static void m25p80_realize(SSISlave *ss, Error **errp)
     s->size = s->pi->sector_size * s->pi->n_sectors;
     s->dirty_page = -1;
 
-    /* FIXME use a qdev drive property instead of drive_get_next() */
-    dinfo = drive_get_next(IF_MTD);
-
-    if (dinfo) {
+    if (s->blk) {
         DB_PRINT_L(0, "Binding to IF_MTD drive\n");
-        s->blk = blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo);
-        blk_attach_dev_nofail(s->blk, s);
-
         s->storage = blk_blockalign(s->blk, s->size);
 
         if (blk_pread(s->blk, 0, s->storage, s->size) != s->size) {
@@ -925,6 +918,7 @@ static void m25p80_pre_save(void *opaque)
 
 static Property m25p80_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("nonvolatile-cfg", Flash, nonvolatile_cfg, 0x8FFF),
+    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", Flash, blk),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
index 07527b677b37..4968bdbb2821 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
@@ -191,9 +191,16 @@ petalogix_ml605_init(MachineState *machine)
         spi = (SSIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "spi");
 
         for (i = 0; i < NUM_SPI_FLASHES; i++) {
+            DriveInfo *dinfo = drive_get_next(IF_MTD);
             qemu_irq cs_line;
 
-            dev = ssi_create_slave(spi, "n25q128");
+            dev = ssi_create_slave_no_init(spi, "n25q128");
+            if (dinfo) {
+                qdev_prop_set_drive(dev, "drive", blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
+                                    &error_fatal);
+            }
+            qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+
             cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
             sysbus_connect_irq(busdev, i+1, cs_line);
         }
