diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index 7484aa4438..6bf9d27d8a 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void dummy_cpu_set_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 {
 }
 
-static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
+static void sun4m_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
 {
     SPARCCPU *cpu = opaque;
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
@@ -226,15 +226,6 @@ static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
     cpu_reset(cs);
 }
 
-static void secondary_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
-{
-    SPARCCPU *cpu = opaque;
-    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
-
-    cpu_reset(cs);
-    cs->halted = 1;
-}
-
 static void cpu_halt_signal(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 {
     if (level && current_cpu) {
@@ -818,21 +809,17 @@ static const TypeInfo ram_info = {
 static void cpu_devinit(const char *cpu_type, unsigned int id,
                         uint64_t prom_addr, qemu_irq **cpu_irqs)
 {
-    CPUState *cs;
     SPARCCPU *cpu;
     CPUSPARCState *env;
 
-    cpu = SPARC_CPU(cpu_create(cpu_type));
+    cpu = SPARC_CPU(object_new(cpu_type));
     env = &cpu->env;
 
     cpu_sparc_set_id(env, id);
-    if (id == 0) {
-        qemu_register_reset(main_cpu_reset, cpu);
-    } else {
-        qemu_register_reset(secondary_cpu_reset, cpu);
-        cs = CPU(cpu);
-        cs->halted = 1;
-    }
+    qemu_register_reset(sun4m_cpu_reset, cpu);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), "start-powered-off", id != 0,
+                             &error_fatal);
+    qdev_realize_and_unref(DEVICE(cpu), NULL, &error_fatal);
     *cpu_irqs = qemu_allocate_irqs(cpu_set_irq, cpu, MAX_PILS);
     env->prom_addr = prom_addr;
 }