diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 7e61f1e5ffe6cf0540b64fdb3945d9f8a8d6e6ea..f621032d40e9b79f9b2edf94dc1e96a1c47169c1 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -2552,6 +2552,17 @@ static void spapr_init_cpus(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
     }
 }
 
+static PCIHostState *spapr_create_default_phb(void)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+
+    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "index", 0);
+    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+
+    return PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);
+}
+
 /* pSeries LPAR / sPAPR hardware init */
 static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
 {
@@ -2784,7 +2795,7 @@ static void spapr_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     /* Set up PCI */
     spapr_pci_rtas_init();
 
-    phb = spapr_create_phb(spapr, 0);
+    phb = spapr_create_default_phb();
 
     for (i = 0; i < nb_nics; i++) {
         NICInfo *nd = &nd_table[i];
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index bfb02ee96b3a8b1bc3f7bd8342cc4a24e74a76d1..b74f2632ecc6db2f4947969651e3c69681a42af0 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -1988,17 +1988,6 @@ static const TypeInfo spapr_phb_info = {
     }
 };
 
-PCIHostState *spapr_create_phb(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int index)
-{
-    DeviceState *dev;
-
-    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "index", index);
-    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-
-    return PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);
-}
-
 typedef struct sPAPRFDT {
     void *fdt;
     int node_off;
diff --git a/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h b/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
index 7c66c3872f968a1a4b02a6f78c4f19b2077a4130..a65cfef16945398f55f3ce3126ad62d9babbf7f9 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci-host/spapr.h
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ static inline qemu_irq spapr_phb_lsi_qirq(struct sPAPRPHBState *phb, int pin)
     return spapr_qirq(spapr, phb->lsi_table[pin].irq);
 }
 
-PCIHostState *spapr_create_phb(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int index);
-
 int spapr_populate_pci_dt(sPAPRPHBState *phb, uint32_t xics_phandle, void *fdt,
                           uint32_t nr_msis);