diff --git a/hw/i386/Kconfig b/hw/i386/Kconfig
index d22ac4a4b9..dd247f215c 100644
--- a/hw/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/i386/Kconfig
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ config I440FX
     select ACPI_SMBUS
     select PCI_I440FX
     select PIIX3
-    select IDE_PIIX
     select DIMM
     select SMBIOS
     select FW_CFG_DMA
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index f81e91220f..19fe07a13b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "hw/usb.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "hw/ide/pci.h"
-#include "hw/ide/piix.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "hw/kvm/clock.h"
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
     PCIBus *pci_bus;
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     Object *piix4_pm;
-    int piix3_devfn = -1;
     qemu_irq smi_irq;
     GSIState *gsi_state;
     BusState *idebus[MAX_IDE_BUS];
@@ -236,11 +234,14 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
         for (i = 0; i < ISA_NUM_IRQS; i++) {
             qdev_connect_gpio_out(dev, i, x86ms->gsi[i]);
         }
-        piix3_devfn = pci_dev->devfn;
         isa_bus = ISA_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(pci_dev), "isa.0"));
         rtc_state = ISA_DEVICE(object_resolve_path_component(OBJECT(pci_dev),
                                                              "rtc"));
         piix4_pm = object_resolve_path_component(OBJECT(pci_dev), "pm");
+        dev = DEVICE(object_resolve_path_component(OBJECT(pci_dev), "ide"));
+        pci_ide_create_devs(PCI_DEVICE(dev));
+        idebus[0] = qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "ide.0");
+        idebus[1] = qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "ide.1");
     } else {
         pci_bus = NULL;
         piix4_pm = NULL;
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
 
         i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);
         pcms->hpet_enabled = false;
+        idebus[0] = NULL;
+        idebus[1] = NULL;
     }
 
     if (x86ms->pic == ON_OFF_AUTO_ON || x86ms->pic == ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO) {
@@ -282,12 +285,6 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
     pc_nic_init(pcmc, isa_bus, pci_bus);
 
     if (pcmc->pci_enabled) {
-        PCIDevice *dev;
-
-        dev = pci_create_simple(pci_bus, piix3_devfn + 1, TYPE_PIIX3_IDE);
-        pci_ide_create_devs(dev);
-        idebus[0] = qdev_get_child_bus(&dev->qdev, "ide.0");
-        idebus[1] = qdev_get_child_bus(&dev->qdev, "ide.1");
         pc_cmos_init(pcms, idebus[0], idebus[1], rtc_state);
     }
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDE_ISA
diff --git a/hw/isa/Kconfig b/hw/isa/Kconfig
index 24e79a9a41..a021e1cbfc 100644
--- a/hw/isa/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/isa/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config PIIX3
     select ACPI_PIIX4
     select I8257
     select I8259
+    select IDE_PIIX
     select ISA_BUS
     select MC146818RTC
     select USB_UHCI
diff --git a/hw/isa/piix3.c b/hw/isa/piix3.c
index ce3ec84e22..bbd1dfc373 100644
--- a/hw/isa/piix3.c
+++ b/hw/isa/piix3.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "hw/ide/piix.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
 #include "sysemu/xen.h"
@@ -329,6 +330,12 @@ static void pci_piix3_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    /* IDE */
+    qdev_prop_set_int32(DEVICE(&d->ide), "addr", dev->devfn + 1);
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(&d->ide), BUS(pci_bus), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     /* USB */
     if (d->has_usb) {
         object_initialize_child(OBJECT(dev), "uhci", &d->uhci,
@@ -370,6 +377,7 @@ static void pci_piix3_init(Object *obj)
 
     object_initialize_child(obj, "pic", &d->pic, TYPE_ISA_PIC);
     object_initialize_child(obj, "rtc", &d->rtc, TYPE_MC146818_RTC);
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "ide", &d->ide, TYPE_PIIX3_IDE);
 }
 
 static Property pci_piix3_props[] = {
diff --git a/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h b/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
index 7178147b75..1f22eb1444 100644
--- a/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
+++ b/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/piix4.h"
+#include "hw/ide/pci.h"
 #include "hw/intc/i8259.h"
 #include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
 #include "hw/usb/hcd-uhci.h"
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ struct PIIXState {
 
     ISAPICState pic;
     RTCState rtc;
+    PCIIDEState ide;
     UHCIState uhci;
     PIIX4PMState pm;
 
