diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index db145e2014513f7e4be3de7ece14831e68bda6eb..3a6b91f14b45d0c4af7a842579f32081e79aa393 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ static void aspeed_soc_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     sc->info = (AspeedSoCInfo *) data;
     dc->realize = aspeed_soc_realize;
-
-    /*
-     * Reason: creates an ARM CPU, thus use after free(), see
-     * arm_cpu_class_init()
-     */
-    dc->cannot_destroy_with_object_finalize_yet = true;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo aspeed_soc_type_info = {