diff --git a/hw/ide/macio.c b/hw/ide/macio.c
index 19d5f5a8b3807cc07f275d6da7b47298ac76b9d9..ce194c6cec2320917c70825b0bcccb0572af63cd 100644
--- a/hw/ide/macio.c
+++ b/hw/ide/macio.c
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ static void macio_ide_initfn(Object *obj)
     sysbus_init_irq(d, &s->real_dma_irq);
     s->dma_irq = qemu_allocate_irq(pmac_ide_irq, s, 0);
     s->ide_irq = qemu_allocate_irq(pmac_ide_irq, s, 1);
+
+    object_property_add_link(obj, "dbdma", TYPE_MAC_DBDMA,
+                             (Object **) &s->dbdma,
+                             qdev_prop_allow_set_link_before_realize, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static Property macio_ide_properties[] = {
@@ -493,10 +497,9 @@ void macio_ide_init_drives(MACIOIDEState *s, DriveInfo **hd_table)
     }
 }
 
-void macio_ide_register_dma(MACIOIDEState *s, void *dbdma)
+void macio_ide_register_dma(MACIOIDEState *s)
 {
-    s->dbdma = dbdma;
-    DBDMA_register_channel(dbdma, s->channel, s->dma_irq,
+    DBDMA_register_channel(s->dbdma, s->channel, s->dma_irq,
                            pmac_ide_transfer, pmac_ide_flush, s);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/misc/macio/macio.c b/hw/misc/macio/macio.c
index 41b377e7a0800f4e6ec3912cb625afcc6247b100..9aa7e7559b47122ee7a2cc51b7db8f0c9f453a45 100644
--- a/hw/misc/macio/macio.c
+++ b/hw/misc/macio/macio.c
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ static void macio_realize_ide(MacIOState *s, MACIOIDEState *ide,
     sysbus_connect_irq(sysbus_dev, 0, irq0);
     sysbus_connect_irq(sysbus_dev, 1, irq1);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(ide), "channel", dmaid);
-    macio_ide_register_dma(ide, s->dbdma);
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(ide), OBJECT(s->dbdma), "dbdma", errp);
+    macio_ide_register_dma(ide);
 
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(ide), true, "realized", errp);
 }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac.h b/hw/ppc/mac.h
index b3a26c49c1a128b3b83668085563dd0a94768196..b501af16533d178f1614f55344bd2fddd2a935bd 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac.h
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ typedef struct MACIOIDEState {
 } MACIOIDEState;
 
 void macio_ide_init_drives(MACIOIDEState *ide, DriveInfo **hd_table);
-void macio_ide_register_dma(MACIOIDEState *ide, void *dbdma);
+void macio_ide_register_dma(MACIOIDEState *ide);
 
 void macio_init(PCIDevice *dev,
                 MemoryRegion *pic_mem,