diff --git a/hw/arm/armv7m.c b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
index f9aa83d20efee70334c0a8313d415ad5499d7842..0f2c8e066cffec6b6162f2493d53ad60f3a78d89 100644
--- a/hw/arm/armv7m.c
+++ b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
@@ -158,7 +158,12 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(&s->container, 0, s->board_memory, -1);
 
-    s->cpu = ARM_CPU(object_new(s->cpu_type));
+    s->cpu = ARM_CPU(object_new_with_props(s->cpu_type, OBJECT(s), "cpu",
+                                           &err, NULL));
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(s->cpu), OBJECT(&s->container), "memory",
                              &error_abort);