diff --git a/hw/mips_fulong2e.c b/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
index 0e90d684b4d24538b958c8b27e9f0a98fb0954eb..420fada25be7df477292b9b71882c718691c1230 100644
--- a/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
+++ b/hw/mips_fulong2e.c
@@ -263,11 +263,9 @@ static void mips_fulong2e_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, const char *boot_device,
     qemu_irq *cpu_exit_irq;
     int via_devfn;
     PCIBus *pci_bus;
-    uint8_t *eeprom_buf;
     i2c_bus *smbus;
     int i;
     DriveInfo *hd[MAX_IDE_BUS * MAX_IDE_DEVS];
-    DeviceState *eeprom;
     CPUState *env;
 
     /* init CPUs */
@@ -353,13 +351,8 @@ static void mips_fulong2e_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, const char *boot_device,
 
     smbus = vt82c686b_pm_init(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(FULONG2E_VIA_SLOT, 4),
                               0xeee1, NULL);
-    eeprom_buf = qemu_mallocz(8 * 256); /* XXX: make this persistent */
-    memcpy(eeprom_buf, eeprom_spd, sizeof(eeprom_spd));
     /* TODO: Populate SPD eeprom data.  */
-    eeprom = qdev_create((BusState *)smbus, "smbus-eeprom");
-    qdev_prop_set_uint8(eeprom, "address", 0x50);
-    qdev_prop_set_ptr(eeprom, "data", eeprom_buf);
-    qdev_init_nofail(eeprom);
+    smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 1, eeprom_spd, sizeof(eeprom_spd));
 
     /* init other devices */
     pit = pit_init(0x40, 0);
diff --git a/hw/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips_malta.c
index bf0d76d03d43fad645baf7f0338a462097a112fd..ed2a483c9bdd587f0186a1f501ae4f723fdbd9b5 100644
--- a/hw/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips_malta.c
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ void mips_malta_init (ram_addr_t ram_size,
     qemu_irq *i8259;
     qemu_irq *cpu_exit_irq;
     int piix4_devfn;
-    uint8_t *eeprom_buf;
     i2c_bus *smbus;
     int i;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
@@ -913,15 +912,8 @@ void mips_malta_init (ram_addr_t ram_size,
     usb_uhci_piix4_init(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 2);
     smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 3, 0x1100, isa_get_irq(9),
                           NULL, NULL, 0);
-    eeprom_buf = qemu_mallocz(8 * 256); /* XXX: make this persistent */
-    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-        /* TODO: Populate SPD eeprom data.  */
-        DeviceState *eeprom;
-        eeprom = qdev_create((BusState *)smbus, "smbus-eeprom");
-        qdev_prop_set_uint8(eeprom, "address", 0x50 + i);
-        qdev_prop_set_ptr(eeprom, "data", eeprom_buf + (i * 256));
-        qdev_init_nofail(eeprom);
-    }
+    /* TODO: Populate SPD eeprom data.  */
+    smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, NULL, 0);
     pit = pit_init(0x40, 0);
     cpu_exit_irq = qemu_allocate_irqs(cpu_request_exit, NULL, 1);
     DMA_init(0, cpu_exit_irq);
diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
index 4d54ca183285594c5ee3fd7423439ed42074505c..a85214b7f15c1062de4b71fe12c7a2cd2b69e7ad 100644
--- a/hw/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "sysbus.h"
 #include "arch_init.h"
 #include "blockdev.h"
+#include "smbus.h"
 
 #define MAX_IDE_BUS 2
 
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ static void pc_init1(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     }
 
     if (pci_enabled && acpi_enabled) {
-        uint8_t *eeprom_buf = qemu_mallocz(8 * 256); /* XXX: make this persistent */
         i2c_bus *smbus;
 
         cmos_s3 = qemu_allocate_irqs(pc_cmos_set_s3_resume, rtc_state, 1);
@@ -163,13 +163,7 @@ static void pc_init1(ram_addr_t ram_size,
         smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix3_devfn + 3, 0xb100,
                               isa_get_irq(9), *cmos_s3, *smi_irq,
                               kvm_enabled());
-        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-            DeviceState *eeprom;
-            eeprom = qdev_create((BusState *)smbus, "smbus-eeprom");
-            qdev_prop_set_uint8(eeprom, "address", 0x50 + i);
-            qdev_prop_set_ptr(eeprom, "data", eeprom_buf + (i * 256));
-            qdev_init_nofail(eeprom);
-        }
+        smbus_eeprom_init(smbus, 8, NULL, 0);
     }
 
     if (i440fx_state) {
diff --git a/hw/smbus.h b/hw/smbus.h
index 571c52dfb1abde7afcf4d4c3b0d2bc768ba3fbdd..a39871593b876e25ff5958bce34a3cf1531c49e1 100644
--- a/hw/smbus.h
+++ b/hw/smbus.h
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ void smbus_write_word(i2c_bus *bus, uint8_t addr, uint8_t command, uint16_t data
 int smbus_read_block(i2c_bus *bus, uint8_t addr, uint8_t command, uint8_t *data);
 void smbus_write_block(i2c_bus *bus, uint8_t addr, uint8_t command, uint8_t *data,
                        int len);
+
+void smbus_eeprom_init(i2c_bus *smbus, int nb_eeprom,
+                       const uint8_t *eeprom_spd, int size);
diff --git a/hw/smbus_eeprom.c b/hw/smbus_eeprom.c
index 52463e0f8667cb6c6e07110b8693ed90b818bf21..36347548911181c2ff79b39fbb363fff55d017d7 100644
--- a/hw/smbus_eeprom.c
+++ b/hw/smbus_eeprom.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static uint8_t eeprom_read_data(SMBusDevice *dev, uint8_t cmd, int n)
     return eeprom_receive_byte(dev);
 }
 
-static int smbus_eeprom_init(SMBusDevice *dev)
+static int smbus_eeprom_initfn(SMBusDevice *dev)
 {
     SMBusEEPROMDevice *eeprom = (SMBusEEPROMDevice *)dev;
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static SMBusDeviceInfo smbus_eeprom_info = {
         DEFINE_PROP_PTR("data", SMBusEEPROMDevice, data),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
     },
-    .init = smbus_eeprom_init,
+    .init = smbus_eeprom_initfn,
     .quick_cmd = eeprom_quick_cmd,
     .send_byte = eeprom_send_byte,
     .receive_byte = eeprom_receive_byte,
@@ -125,3 +125,21 @@ static void smbus_eeprom_register_devices(void)
 }
 
 device_init(smbus_eeprom_register_devices)
+
+void smbus_eeprom_init(i2c_bus *smbus, int nb_eeprom,
+                       const uint8_t *eeprom_spd, int eeprom_spd_size)
+{
+    int i;
+    uint8_t *eeprom_buf = qemu_mallocz(8 * 256); /* XXX: make this persistent */
+    if (eeprom_spd_size > 0) {
+        memcpy(eeprom_buf, eeprom_spd, eeprom_spd_size);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_eeprom; i++) {
+        DeviceState *eeprom;
+        eeprom = qdev_create((BusState *)smbus, "smbus-eeprom");
+        qdev_prop_set_uint8(eeprom, "address", 0x50 + i);
+        qdev_prop_set_ptr(eeprom, "data", eeprom_buf + (i * 256));
+        qdev_init_nofail(eeprom);
+    }
+}