diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index 6fc9b02a38..d93a6c4bf0 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ void qbus_reset_all(BusState *bus)
     qbus_walk_children(bus, qdev_reset_one, qbus_reset_one, NULL);
 }
 
+void qbus_reset_all_fn(void *opaque)
+{
+    BusState *bus = opaque;
+    qbus_reset_all(bus);
+}
+
 /* can be used as ->unplug() callback for the simple cases */
 int qdev_simple_unplug_cb(DeviceState *dev)
 {
@@ -754,8 +760,11 @@ void qbus_create_inplace(BusState *bus, BusInfo *info,
     if (parent) {
         QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&parent->child_bus, bus, sibling);
         parent->num_child_bus++;
+    } else if (bus != main_system_bus) {
+        /* TODO: once all bus devices are qdevified,
+           only reset handler for main_system_bus should be registered here. */
+        qemu_register_reset(qbus_reset_all_fn, bus);
     }
-
 }
 
 BusState *qbus_create(BusInfo *info, DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
@@ -778,6 +787,9 @@ void qbus_free(BusState *bus)
     if (bus->parent) {
         QLIST_REMOVE(bus, sibling);
         bus->parent->num_child_bus--;
+    } else {
+        assert(bus != main_system_bus); /* main_system_bus is never freed */
+        qemu_unregister_reset(qbus_reset_all_fn, bus);
     }
     qemu_free((void*)bus->name);
     if (bus->qdev_allocated) {
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index aaaf55ab26..b239bb480c 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ int qdev_walk_children(DeviceState *dev, qdev_walkerfn *devfn,
                        qbus_walkerfn *busfn, void *opaque);
 void qdev_reset_all(DeviceState *dev);
 void qbus_reset_all(BusState *bus);
+void qbus_reset_all_fn(void *opaque);
+
 void qbus_free(BusState *bus);
 
 #define FROM_QBUS(type, dev) DO_UPCAST(type, qbus, dev)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c4d3fc0d3d..8d6bab4032 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    qemu_register_reset((void *)qbus_reset_all, sysbus_get_default());
+    /* TODO: once all bus devices are qdevified, this should be done
+     * when bus is created by qdev.c */
+    qemu_register_reset(qbus_reset_all_fn, sysbus_get_default());
     qemu_run_machine_init_done_notifiers();
 
     qemu_system_reset();