diff --git a/hw/display/xlnx_dp.c b/hw/display/xlnx_dp.c
index 51301220e8..6439bd05ef 100644
--- a/hw/display/xlnx_dp.c
+++ b/hw/display/xlnx_dp.c
@@ -1234,9 +1234,12 @@ static void xlnx_dp_init(Object *obj)
     /*
      * Initialize DPCD and EDID..
      */
-    s->dpcd = DPCD(aux_create_slave(s->aux_bus, "dpcd", 0x00000));
+    s->dpcd = DPCD(aux_create_slave(s->aux_bus, "dpcd"));
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(s), "dpcd", OBJECT(s->dpcd), NULL);
+
     s->edid = I2CDDC(qdev_create(BUS(aux_get_i2c_bus(s->aux_bus)), "i2c-ddc"));
     i2c_set_slave_address(I2C_SLAVE(s->edid), 0x50);
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(s), "edid", OBJECT(s->edid), NULL);
 
     fifo8_create(&s->rx_fifo, 16);
     fifo8_create(&s->tx_fifo, 16);
@@ -1248,6 +1251,9 @@ static void xlnx_dp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     DisplaySurface *surface;
     struct audsettings as;
 
+    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(s->dpcd));
+    aux_map_slave(AUX_SLAVE(s->dpcd), 0x0000);
+
     s->console = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &xlnx_dp_gfx_ops, s);
     surface = qemu_console_surface(s->console);
     xlnx_dpdma_set_host_data_location(s->dpdma, DP_GRAPHIC_DMA_CHANNEL,
diff --git a/hw/misc/auxbus.c b/hw/misc/auxbus.c
index b8a8721201..0e56d9a8a4 100644
--- a/hw/misc/auxbus.c
+++ b/hw/misc/auxbus.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "hw/misc/auxbus.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 
 #ifndef DEBUG_AUX
 #define DEBUG_AUX 0
@@ -63,9 +64,14 @@ static void aux_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 AUXBus *aux_init_bus(DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
 {
     AUXBus *bus;
+    Object *auxtoi2c;
 
     bus = AUX_BUS(qbus_create(TYPE_AUX_BUS, parent, name));
-    bus->bridge = AUXTOI2C(qdev_create(BUS(bus), TYPE_AUXTOI2C));
+    auxtoi2c = object_new_with_props(TYPE_AUXTOI2C, OBJECT(bus), "i2c",
+                                     &error_abort, NULL);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(auxtoi2c), BUS(bus));
+
+    bus->bridge = AUXTOI2C(auxtoi2c);
 
     /* Memory related. */
     bus->aux_io = g_malloc(sizeof(*bus->aux_io));
@@ -74,9 +80,11 @@ AUXBus *aux_init_bus(DeviceState *parent, const char *name)
     return bus;
 }
 
-static void aux_bus_map_device(AUXBus *bus, AUXSlave *dev, hwaddr addr)
+void aux_map_slave(AUXSlave *aux_dev, hwaddr addr)
 {
-    memory_region_add_subregion(bus->aux_io, addr, dev->mmio);
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(aux_dev);
+    AUXBus *bus = AUX_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
+    memory_region_add_subregion(bus->aux_io, addr, aux_dev->mmio);
 }
 
 static bool aux_bus_is_bridge(AUXBus *bus, DeviceState *dev)
@@ -260,15 +268,13 @@ static void aux_slave_dev_print(Monitor *mon, DeviceState *dev, int indent)
                    memory_region_size(s->mmio));
 }
 
-DeviceState *aux_create_slave(AUXBus *bus, const char *type, uint32_t addr)
+DeviceState *aux_create_slave(AUXBus *bus, const char *type)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
 
     dev = DEVICE(object_new(type));
     assert(dev);
     qdev_set_parent_bus(dev, &bus->qbus);
-    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-    aux_bus_map_device(AUX_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev)), AUX_SLAVE(dev), addr);
     return dev;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/auxbus.h b/include/hw/misc/auxbus.h
index 68ade8a90f..c15b444748 100644
--- a/include/hw/misc/auxbus.h
+++ b/include/hw/misc/auxbus.h
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ I2CBus *aux_get_i2c_bus(AUXBus *bus);
  */
 void aux_init_mmio(AUXSlave *aux_slave, MemoryRegion *mmio);
 
-DeviceState *aux_create_slave(AUXBus *bus, const char *name, uint32_t addr);
+/* aux_create_slave: Create a new device on an AUX bus
+ *
+ * @bus The AUX bus for the new device.
+ * @name The type of the device to be created.
+ */
+DeviceState *aux_create_slave(AUXBus *bus, const char *name);
+
+/* aux_map_slave: Map the mmio for an AUX slave on the bus.
+ *
+ * @dev The AUX slave.
+ * @addr The address for the slave's mmio.
+ */
+void aux_map_slave(AUXSlave *dev, hwaddr addr);
 
 #endif /* HW_MISC_AUXBUS_H */