diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index 1955a892f4..7cc05ee27e 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -109,18 +109,6 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
     object_initialize(&s->cpu, sizeof(s->cpu), sc->info->cpu_type);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "cpu", OBJECT(&s->cpu), NULL);
 
-    object_initialize(&s->vic, sizeof(s->vic), TYPE_ASPEED_VIC);
-    object_property_add_child(obj, "vic", OBJECT(&s->vic), NULL);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->vic), sysbus_get_default());
-
-    object_initialize(&s->timerctrl, sizeof(s->timerctrl), TYPE_ASPEED_TIMER);
-    object_property_add_child(obj, "timerctrl", OBJECT(&s->timerctrl), NULL);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->timerctrl), sysbus_get_default());
-
-    object_initialize(&s->i2c, sizeof(s->i2c), TYPE_ASPEED_I2C);
-    object_property_add_child(obj, "i2c", OBJECT(&s->i2c), NULL);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->i2c), sysbus_get_default());
-
     object_initialize(&s->scu, sizeof(s->scu), TYPE_ASPEED_SCU);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "scu", OBJECT(&s->scu), NULL);
     qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->scu), sysbus_get_default());
@@ -133,6 +121,18 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "hw-prot-key", OBJECT(&s->scu),
                               "hw-prot-key", &error_abort);
 
+    object_initialize(&s->vic, sizeof(s->vic), TYPE_ASPEED_VIC);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "vic", OBJECT(&s->vic), NULL);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->vic), sysbus_get_default());
+
+    object_initialize(&s->timerctrl, sizeof(s->timerctrl), TYPE_ASPEED_TIMER);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "timerctrl", OBJECT(&s->timerctrl), NULL);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->timerctrl), sysbus_get_default());
+
+    object_initialize(&s->i2c, sizeof(s->i2c), TYPE_ASPEED_I2C);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "i2c", OBJECT(&s->i2c), NULL);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->i2c), sysbus_get_default());
+
     object_initialize(&s->fmc, sizeof(s->fmc), sc->info->fmc_typename);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "fmc", OBJECT(&s->fmc), NULL);
     qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->fmc), sysbus_get_default());
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), ASPEED_SOC_SRAM_BASE,
                                 &s->sram);
 
+    /* SCU */
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->scu), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->scu), 0, ASPEED_SOC_SCU_BASE);
+
     /* VIC */
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->vic), true, "realized", &err);
     if (err) {
@@ -219,14 +227,6 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->timerctrl), i, irq);
     }
 
-    /* SCU */
-    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->scu), true, "realized", &err);
-    if (err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        return;
-    }
-    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->scu), 0, ASPEED_SOC_SCU_BASE);
-
     /* UART - attach an 8250 to the IO space as our UART5 */
     if (serial_hd(0)) {
         qemu_irq uart5 = qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(&s->vic), uart_irqs[4]);