diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 3f7ef20910..c08ee7571a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ static void spapr_cpu_core_unrealizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     g_free(sc->threads);
 }
 
-static void spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child, Error **errp)
+static void spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child,
+                                         sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
     Object *obj;
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void spapr_cpu_core_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     for (j = 0; j < cc->nr_threads; j++) {
         obj = sc->threads + j * size;
 
-        spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(obj, &local_err);
+        spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(obj, spapr, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             goto err;
         }