diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index cde0faf6e5b3ba2d34952fc229161ac80d31e937..22ef8ca6b36c8f4d2dd9261efb74ced5f20e5b7a 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ typedef struct GraphicHwOps {
 QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
                                   const GraphicHwOps *ops,
                                   void *opaque);
+void graphic_console_set_hwops(QemuConsole *con,
+                               const GraphicHwOps *hw_ops,
+                               void *opaque);
 
 void graphic_hw_update(QemuConsole *con);
 void graphic_hw_invalidate(QemuConsole *con);
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index f819382b247cc71ddea2fef40d7081d058aa8445..258af5dffff37193ff7b55914a10eba4f5f4a83e 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1677,6 +1677,14 @@ DisplayState *init_displaystate(void)
     return display_state;
 }
 
+void graphic_console_set_hwops(QemuConsole *con,
+                               const GraphicHwOps *hw_ops,
+                               void *opaque)
+{
+    con->hw_ops = hw_ops;
+    con->hw = opaque;
+}
+
 QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
                                   const GraphicHwOps *hw_ops,
                                   void *opaque)
@@ -1691,8 +1699,7 @@ QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
     ds = get_alloc_displaystate();
     trace_console_gfx_new();
     s = new_console(ds, GRAPHIC_CONSOLE, head);
-    s->hw_ops = hw_ops;
-    s->hw = opaque;
+    graphic_console_set_hwops(s, hw_ops, opaque);
     if (dev) {
         object_property_set_link(OBJECT(s), OBJECT(dev), "device",
                                  &error_abort);