ppc_store_lpcr(cpu, env->spr[SPR_LPCR] | pcc->lpcr_pm);
 }
 
-static void spapr_cpu_destroy(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
-{
-    qemu_unregister_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
-}
-
-static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
-                           Error **errp)
-{
-    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
-
-    /* Set time-base frequency to 512 MHz */
-    cpu_ppc_tb_init(env, SPAPR_TIMEBASE_FREQ);
-
-    cpu_ppc_set_vhyp(cpu, PPC_VIRTUAL_HYPERVISOR(spapr));
-    kvmppc_set_papr(cpu);
-
-    qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
-    spapr_cpu_reset(cpu);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return the sPAPR CPU core type for @model which essentially is the CPU
  * model specified with -cpu cmdline option.
     return object_class_get_name(oc);
 }
 
-static void spapr_cpu_core_unrealizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+static void spapr_unrealize_vcpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
+{
+    qemu_unregister_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
+    object_unparent(cpu->intc);
+    cpu_remove_sync(CPU(cpu));
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(cpu));
+}
+
+static void spapr_cpu_core_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     sPAPRCPUCore *sc = SPAPR_CPU_CORE(OBJECT(dev));
     CPUCore *cc = CPU_CORE(dev);
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < cc->nr_threads; i++) {
-        Object *obj = OBJECT(sc->threads[i]);
-        DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
-        CPUState *cs = CPU(dev);
-        PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
-
-        spapr_cpu_destroy(cpu);
-        object_unparent(cpu->intc);
-        cpu_remove_sync(cs);
-        object_unparent(obj);
+        spapr_unrealize_vcpu(sc->threads[i]);
     }
     g_free(sc->threads);
 }
 
-static void spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child,
-                                         sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp)
+static void spapr_realize_vcpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
+                               Error **errp)
 {
+    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
-    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
 
-    object_property_set_bool(child, true, "realized", &local_err);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), true, "realized", &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto error;
     }
 
-    spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        goto error;
-    }
+    /* Set time-base frequency to 512 MHz */
+    cpu_ppc_tb_init(env, SPAPR_TIMEBASE_FREQ);
+
+    cpu_ppc_set_vhyp(cpu, PPC_VIRTUAL_HYPERVISOR(spapr));
+    kvmppc_set_papr(cpu);
 
-    cpu->intc = icp_create(child, spapr->icp_type, XICS_FABRIC(spapr),
+    qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
+    spapr_cpu_reset(cpu);
+
+    cpu->intc = icp_create(OBJECT(cpu), spapr->icp_type, XICS_FABRIC(spapr),
                            &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         goto error;
     }
 
     for (j = 0; j < cc->nr_threads; j++) {
-        obj = OBJECT(sc->threads[j]);
-
-        spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(obj, spapr, &local_err);
+        spapr_realize_vcpu(sc->threads[j], spapr, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             goto err;
         }
     sPAPRCPUCoreClass *scc = SPAPR_CPU_CORE_CLASS(oc);
 
     dc->realize = spapr_cpu_core_realize;
-    dc->unrealize = spapr_cpu_core_unrealizefn;
+    dc->unrealize = spapr_cpu_core_unrealize;
     dc->props = spapr_cpu_core_properties;
     scc->cpu_type = data;
 }