diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index aeed45d5838aba32cf43edd79b6d0d1ceb06fc86..b2fc50106642eff91c508b11ed06add3b40499f1 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps ioportF0_io_ops = {
 
 void pc_basic_device_init(ISABus *isa_bus, qemu_irq *gsi,
                           ISADevice **rtc_state,
+                          bool create_fdctrl,
                           ISADevice **floppy,
                           bool no_vmport,
                           uint32 hpet_irqs)
@@ -1490,7 +1491,7 @@ void pc_basic_device_init(ISABus *isa_bus, qemu_irq *gsi,
     for(i = 0; i < MAX_FD; i++) {
         fd[i] = drive_get(IF_FLOPPY, 0, i);
     }
-    *floppy = fdctrl_init_isa(isa_bus, fd);
+    *floppy = create_fdctrl ? fdctrl_init_isa(isa_bus, fd) : NULL;
 }
 
 void pc_nic_init(ISABus *isa_bus, PCIBus *pci_bus)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index e77486c62cafc714783344f54c32b6c470b44f03..6e7fa424b16d0c12787874b6f73c2e6d590c1a6f 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     /* init basic PC hardware */
-    pc_basic_device_init(isa_bus, gsi, &rtc_state, &floppy,
+    pc_basic_device_init(isa_bus, gsi, &rtc_state, true, &floppy,
                          (pc_machine->vmport != ON_OFF_AUTO_ON), 0x4);
 
     pc_nic_init(isa_bus, pci_bus);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 68b4867d31cf55138de9d2cfe1603eb06c4d76b2..9ca317cc43d56d90efb6b375784d285c86d1d2cf 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void pc_q35_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     /* init basic PC hardware */
-    pc_basic_device_init(isa_bus, gsi, &rtc_state, &floppy,
+    pc_basic_device_init(isa_bus, gsi, &rtc_state, true, &floppy,
                          (pc_machine->vmport != ON_OFF_AUTO_ON), 0xff0104);
 
     /* connect pm stuff to lpc */
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 0510aeac893aad8ae6d61e741c86a104fdc3d42b..27bd748eab20e16c11594526a621240f62afbf57 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ qemu_irq *pc_allocate_cpu_irq(void);
 DeviceState *pc_vga_init(ISABus *isa_bus, PCIBus *pci_bus);
 void pc_basic_device_init(ISABus *isa_bus, qemu_irq *gsi,
                           ISADevice **rtc_state,
+                          bool create_fdctrl,
                           ISADevice **floppy,
                           bool no_vmport,
                           uint32 hpet_irqs);