diff --git a/include/hw/arm/pxa.h b/include/hw/arm/pxa.h
index 8843e5f910..d99b6192da 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/pxa.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/pxa.h
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ void pxa2xx_lcd_vsync_notifier(PXA2xxLCDState *s, qemu_irq handler);
 typedef struct PXA2xxMMCIState PXA2xxMMCIState;
 PXA2xxMMCIState *pxa2xx_mmci_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
                 hwaddr base,
-                BlockBackend *blk, qemu_irq irq,
-                qemu_irq rx_dma, qemu_irq tx_dma);
+                qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq rx_dma, qemu_irq tx_dma);
 void pxa2xx_mmci_handlers(PXA2xxMMCIState *s, qemu_irq readonly,
                 qemu_irq coverswitch);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c b/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
index f104a33463..78f6e69f63 100644
--- a/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
+++ b/hw/arm/pxa2xx.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/ssi/ssi.h"
+#include "hw/sd/sd.h"
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
@@ -2135,15 +2136,24 @@ PXA2xxState *pxa270_init(MemoryRegion *address_space,
 
     s->gpio = pxa2xx_gpio_init(0x40e00000, s->cpu, s->pic, 121);
 
-    dinfo = drive_get(IF_SD, 0, 0);
-    if (!dinfo && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        warn_report("missing SecureDigital device");
-    }
     s->mmc = pxa2xx_mmci_init(address_space, 0x41100000,
-                    dinfo ? blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo) : NULL,
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->pic, PXA2XX_PIC_MMC),
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->dma, PXA2XX_RX_RQ_MMCI),
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->dma, PXA2XX_TX_RQ_MMCI));
+    dinfo = drive_get(IF_SD, 0, 0);
+    if (dinfo) {
+        DeviceState *carddev;
+
+        /* Create and plug in the sd card */
+        carddev = qdev_new(TYPE_SD_CARD);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive_err(carddev, "drive",
+                                blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
+        qdev_realize_and_unref(carddev, qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(s->mmc),
+                                                           "sd-bus"),
+                               &error_fatal);
+    } else if (!qtest_enabled()) {
+        warn_report("missing SecureDigital device");
+    }
 
     for (i = 0; pxa270_serial[i].io_base; i++) {
         if (serial_hd(i)) {
@@ -2259,15 +2269,24 @@ PXA2xxState *pxa255_init(MemoryRegion *address_space, unsigned int sdram_size)
 
     s->gpio = pxa2xx_gpio_init(0x40e00000, s->cpu, s->pic, 85);
 
-    dinfo = drive_get(IF_SD, 0, 0);
-    if (!dinfo && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        warn_report("missing SecureDigital device");
-    }
     s->mmc = pxa2xx_mmci_init(address_space, 0x41100000,
-                    dinfo ? blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo) : NULL,
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->pic, PXA2XX_PIC_MMC),
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->dma, PXA2XX_RX_RQ_MMCI),
                     qdev_get_gpio_in(s->dma, PXA2XX_TX_RQ_MMCI));
+    dinfo = drive_get(IF_SD, 0, 0);
+    if (dinfo) {
+        DeviceState *carddev;
+
+        /* Create and plug in the sd card */
+        carddev = qdev_new(TYPE_SD_CARD);
+        qdev_prop_set_drive_err(carddev, "drive",
+                                blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
+        qdev_realize_and_unref(carddev, qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(s->mmc),
+                                                           "sd-bus"),
+                               &error_fatal);
+    } else if (!qtest_enabled()) {
+        warn_report("missing SecureDigital device");
+    }
 
     for (i = 0; pxa255_serial[i].io_base; i++) {
         if (serial_hd(i)) {
diff --git a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
index 68bed24480..9482b9212d 100644
--- a/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/pxa2xx_mmci.c
@@ -476,10 +476,9 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps pxa2xx_mmci_ops = {
 
 PXA2xxMMCIState *pxa2xx_mmci_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
                 hwaddr base,
-                BlockBackend *blk, qemu_irq irq,
-                qemu_irq rx_dma, qemu_irq tx_dma)
+                qemu_irq irq, qemu_irq rx_dma, qemu_irq tx_dma)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev, *carddev;
+    DeviceState *dev;
     SysBusDevice *sbd;
     PXA2xxMMCIState *s;
 
@@ -492,12 +491,6 @@ PXA2xxMMCIState *pxa2xx_mmci_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
     qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(dev, "tx-dma", 0, tx_dma);
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(sbd, &error_fatal);
 
-    /* Create and plug in the sd card */
-    carddev = qdev_new(TYPE_SD_CARD);
-    qdev_prop_set_drive_err(carddev, "drive", blk, &error_fatal);
-    qdev_realize_and_unref(carddev, qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "sd-bus"),
-                           &error_fatal);
-
     return s;
 }
 
