diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 137276bcb9..1a6cd05c61 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
     ISADevice *isa_dev;
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     void *fw_cfg;
-    int i;
     uint32_t kernel_base = 0, initrd_base = 0;
     long kernel_size = 0, initrd_size = 0;
     char boot_device;
@@ -336,10 +335,9 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
         /* XXX: s3-trio at PCI_DEVFN(2, 0) */
         pci_vga_init(pci_bus);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
-            pci_nic_init_nofail(&nd_table[i], pci_bus, mc->default_nic,
-                                i == 0 ? "3" : NULL);
-        }
+        /* First PCNET device at PCI_DEVFN(3, 0) */
+        pci_init_nic_in_slot(pci_bus, mc->default_nic, NULL, "3");
+        pci_init_nic_devices(pci_bus, mc->default_nic);
     }
 
     /* Prepare firmware configuration for OpenBIOS */