diff --git a/hw/arm/realview.c b/hw/arm/realview.c
index ab8c14fde3828ee9e45e40c65b45e0d21aee089b..242f5a87b6a318540687ae9b8a4f15b37ad22d3e 100644
--- a/hw/arm/realview.c
+++ b/hw/arm/realview.c
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
         }
         n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
         while (n >= 0) {
-            lsi53c895a_create(pci_bus);
+            dev = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "lsi53c895a"));
+            lsi53c8xx_handle_legacy_cmdline(dev);
             n--;
         }
     }
diff --git a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
index 8b748570596464fa79d5937251890c9e4a2755c5..22b09a1e61f2e795e9e6904e44ad98fa6dc9f5c0 100644
--- a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
     }
     n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
     while (n >= 0) {
-        lsi53c895a_create(pci_bus);
+        dev = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "lsi53c895a"));
+        lsi53c8xx_handle_legacy_cmdline(dev);
         n--;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/hppa/machine.c b/hw/hppa/machine.c
index cf7c61c6cccefc13879d16df5bfb84013c2bf811..0fb8fb877e966996b36d332d89e1d0b25f0ac422 100644
--- a/hw/hppa/machine.c
+++ b/hw/hppa/machine.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static void machine_hppa_init(MachineState *machine)
     const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
     const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
     const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
+    DeviceState *dev;
     PCIBus *pci_bus;
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     qemu_irq rtc_irq, serial_irq;
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ static void machine_hppa_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     /* SCSI disk setup. */
-    lsi53c895a_create(pci_bus);
+    dev = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "lsi53c895a"));
+    lsi53c8xx_handle_legacy_cmdline(dev);
 
     /* Network setup.  e1000 is good enough, failing Tulip support.  */
     for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 4bb831c3e6cb8e279c2506e6fc9d383187d97968..7e2c70b92a5ef56b73333d5a36b6494b3fca9edd 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -700,7 +700,9 @@ static void ibm_40p_init(MachineState *machine)
         qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "equipment", 0xc0);
         qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
-        lsi53c810_create(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(1, 0));
+        dev = DEVICE(pci_create_simple(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(1, 0),
+                                       "lsi53c810"));
+        lsi53c8xx_handle_legacy_cmdline(dev);
 
         /* XXX: s3-trio at PCI_DEVFN(2, 0) */
         pci_vga_init(pci_bus);