diff --git a/hw/core/Makefile.objs b/hw/core/Makefile.objs
index 0edd9e635d..2fea68ccf7 100644
--- a/hw/core/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/core/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # core qdev-related obj files, also used by *-user:
 common-obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o
-common-obj-y += bus.o reset.o
+common-obj-y += bus.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += reset.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += qdev-fw.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += fw-path-provider.o
 # irq.o needed for qdev GPIO handling: