diff --git a/hw/intc/apic_common.c b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
index d9bb188c15121bce78778e64e1b24568c047e06c..0858b459433a750eb9746324a5389192db1343fc 100644
--- a/hw/intc/apic_common.c
+++ b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
@@ -177,13 +177,14 @@ bool apic_next_timer(APICCommonState *s, int64_t current_time)
 
 void apic_init_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
-    APICCommonState *s = APIC_COMMON(dev);
-    APICCommonClass *info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
+    APICCommonState *s;
+    APICCommonClass *info;
     int i;
 
-    if (!s) {
+    if (!dev) {
         return;
     }
+    s = APIC_COMMON(dev);
     s->tpr = 0;
     s->spurious_vec = 0xff;
     s->log_dest = 0;
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ void apic_init_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     }
     s->timer_expiry = -1;
 
+    info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
     if (info->reset) {
         info->reset(s);
     }