diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
index b0d4088290..e6559a8b12 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void fsl_imx6_init(Object *obj)
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX6_NUM_ESDHCS; i++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->esdhc[i], sizeof(s->esdhc[i]), TYPE_SYSBUS_SDHCI);
+        object_initialize(&s->esdhc[i], sizeof(s->esdhc[i]), TYPE_IMX_USDHC);
         qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->esdhc[i]), sysbus_get_default());
         snprintf(name, NAME_SIZE, "sdhc%d", i + 1);
         object_property_add_child(obj, name, OBJECT(&s->esdhc[i]), NULL);