diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index e6ead2c5c8..368c2a415a 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1457,9 +1457,7 @@ static void create_pcie(VirtMachineState *vms)
     pci->bypass_iommu = vms->default_bus_bypass_iommu;
     vms->bus = pci->bus;
     if (vms->bus) {
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
-            pci_nic_init_nofail(&nd_table[i], pci->bus, mc->default_nic, NULL);
-        }
+        pci_init_nic_devices(pci->bus, mc->default_nic);
     }
 
     nodename = vms->pciehb_nodename = g_strdup_printf("/pcie@%" PRIx64, base);