diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 831295d7cd..b65e8cfea3 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -2392,7 +2392,6 @@ static void arm_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->sysemu_ops = &arm_sysemu_ops;
 #endif
     cc->gdb_num_core_regs = 26;
-    cc->gdb_core_xml_file = "arm-core.xml";
     cc->gdb_arch_name = arm_gdb_arch_name;
     cc->gdb_get_dynamic_xml = arm_gdb_get_dynamic_xml;
     cc->gdb_stop_before_watchpoint = true;
@@ -2414,8 +2413,10 @@ static void arm_cpu_instance_init(Object *obj)
 static void cpu_register_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     ARMCPUClass *acc = ARM_CPU_CLASS(oc);
+    CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(acc);
 
     acc->info = data;
+    cc->gdb_core_xml_file = "arm-core.xml";
 }
 
 void arm_cpu_register(const ARMCPUInfo *info)