diff --git a/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c b/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
index 0241e07d8410351571d67fdcbd0d3f6b4f8c3bf3..98982872d708a7c15d34598a1c3e4f648214aef4 100644
--- a/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
+++ b/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static void pxa2xx_i2c_initfn(Object *obj)
     PXA2xxI2CState *s = PXA2XX_I2C(obj);
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj);
 
-    s->bus = i2c_init_bus(dev, "i2c");
+    s->bus = i2c_init_bus(dev, NULL);
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, obj, &pxa2xx_i2c_ops, s,
                           "pxa2xx-i2c", s->region_size);