diff --git a/hw/i2c/smbus_ich9.c b/hw/i2c/smbus_ich9.c
index d29c0f6ffa1b..f0dd3cb147c8 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/smbus_ich9.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/smbus_ich9.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ static void ich9_smbus_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
     pm_smbus_init(&d->qdev, &s->smb, false);
     pci_register_bar(d, ICH9_SMB_SMB_BASE_BAR, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO,
                      &s->smb.io);
+
+    s->smb.set_irq = ich9_smb_set_irq;
+    s->smb.opaque = s;
 }
 
 static void build_ich9_smb_aml(AcpiDevAmlIf *adev, Aml *scope)
@@ -137,16 +140,6 @@ static void ich9_smb_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     adevc->build_dev_aml = build_ich9_smb_aml;
 }
 
-I2CBus *ich9_smb_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base)
-{
-    PCIDevice *d =
-        pci_create_simple_multifunction(bus, devfn, true, TYPE_ICH9_SMB_DEVICE);
-    ICH9SMBState *s = ICH9_SMB_DEVICE(d);
-    s->smb.set_irq = ich9_smb_set_irq;
-    s->smb.opaque = s;
-    return s->smb.smbus;
-}
-
 static const TypeInfo ich9_smb_info = {
     .name   = TYPE_ICH9_SMB_DEVICE,
     .parent = TYPE_PCI_DEVICE,
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 5e3f7c7e86bf..7137c388462d 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -315,10 +315,15 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     if (pcms->smbus_enabled) {
+        PCIDevice *smb;
+
         /* TODO: Populate SPD eeprom data.  */
-        pcms->smbus = ich9_smb_init(host_bus,
-                                    PCI_DEVFN(ICH9_SMB_DEV, ICH9_SMB_FUNC),
-                                    0xb100);
+        smb = pci_create_simple_multifunction(host_bus,
+                                              PCI_DEVFN(ICH9_SMB_DEV,
+                                                        ICH9_SMB_FUNC),
+                                              true, TYPE_ICH9_SMB_DEVICE);
+        pcms->smbus = I2C_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(smb), "i2c"));
+
         smbus_eeprom_init(pcms->smbus, 8, NULL, 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/ich9.h b/include/hw/i386/ich9.h
index 05464f69652f..52ea116f444c 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/ich9.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/ich9.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 void ich9_lpc_pm_init(PCIDevice *pci_lpc, bool smm_enabled);
-I2CBus *ich9_smb_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base);
 
 void ich9_generate_smi(void);