diff --git a/hw/intc/apic_common.c b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
index 0bb9ad51fa2bc15b1fdbbefad9604f1df5d7ddfc..14ac43c1866649316332ab24b5b4afa8fb7cda97 100644
--- a/hw/intc/apic_common.c
+++ b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
@@ -294,11 +294,14 @@ static int apic_load_old(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_apic_common;
+
 static void apic_common_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     APICCommonState *s = APIC_COMMON(dev);
     APICCommonClass *info;
     static DeviceState *vapic;
+    int instance_id = s->id;
 
     info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
     info->realize(dev, errp);
@@ -313,6 +316,11 @@ static void apic_common_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         info->enable_tpr_reporting(s, true);
     }
 
+    if (s->legacy_instance_id) {
+        instance_id = -1;
+    }
+    vmstate_register_with_alias_id(NULL, instance_id, &vmstate_apic_common,
+                                   s, -1, 0);
 }
 
 static void apic_common_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -320,6 +328,7 @@ static void apic_common_unrealize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     APICCommonState *s = APIC_COMMON(dev);
     APICCommonClass *info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
 
+    vmstate_unregister(NULL, &vmstate_apic_common, s);
     info->unrealize(dev, errp);
 
     if (apic_report_tpr_access && info->enable_tpr_reporting) {
@@ -422,6 +431,8 @@ static Property apic_properties_common[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("version", APICCommonState, version, 0x14),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("vapic", APICCommonState, vapic_control, VAPIC_ENABLE_BIT,
                     true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("legacy-instance-id", APICCommonState, legacy_instance_id,
+                     false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
@@ -429,7 +440,6 @@ static void apic_common_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
-    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_apic_common;
     dc->reset = apic_reset_common;
     dc->props = apic_properties_common;
     dc->realize = apic_common_realize;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h b/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
index e549a62e7fbd94d7c205f7462426a4e79eb13a98..06c4e9f6f95b35de1fd240d8b7e5918b4c7fbfc4 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/apic_internal.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct APICCommonState {
     uint32_t vapic_control;
     DeviceState *vapic;
     hwaddr vapic_paddr; /* note: persistence via kvmvapic */
+    bool legacy_instance_id;
 };
 
 typedef struct VAPICState {
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 47411cbde46613ae56902cf3377c1afea1f5fada..bc937b989ec1f49d64c2c9d3d5d721526849a879 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
         .driver = TYPE_X86_CPU,\
         .property = "fill-mtrr-mask",\
         .value = "off",\
+    },\
+    {\
+        .driver   = "apic",\
+        .property = "legacy-instance-id",\
+        .value    = "on",\
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_5 \