diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 5809225a36e1e7ae04c82af4194d5f55811e1a0b..5d768449812fd866db6b08c0aee48b3ce5ba4319 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1864,6 +1864,26 @@ static void arm_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+static void arm_host_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
+
+    kvm_arm_set_cpu_features_from_host(cpu);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo host_arm_cpu_type_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_ARM_HOST_CPU,
+#ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
+    .parent = TYPE_AARCH64_CPU,
+#else
+    .parent = TYPE_ARM_CPU,
+#endif
+    .instance_init = arm_host_initfn,
+};
+
+#endif
+
 static void cpu_register(const ARMCPUInfo *info)
 {
     TypeInfo type_info = {
@@ -1908,6 +1928,10 @@ static void arm_cpu_register_types(void)
         cpu_register(info);
         info++;
     }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+    type_register_static(&host_arm_cpu_type_info);
+#endif
 }
 
 type_init(arm_cpu_register_types)
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index 1c0e57690aed83f7221030e575ca3c8f1b896860..ecc39ac2950e10ff7184e4664bca290415024bfe 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -152,23 +152,6 @@ void kvm_arm_set_cpu_features_from_host(ARMCPU *cpu)
     env->features = arm_host_cpu_features.features;
 }
 
-static void kvm_arm_host_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
-{
-    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
-
-    kvm_arm_set_cpu_features_from_host(cpu);
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo host_arm_cpu_type_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_ARM_HOST_CPU,
-#ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
-    .parent = TYPE_AARCH64_CPU,
-#else
-    .parent = TYPE_ARM_CPU,
-#endif
-    .instance_init = kvm_arm_host_cpu_initfn,
-};
-
 int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     /* For ARM interrupt delivery is always asynchronous,
@@ -184,8 +167,6 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 
     cap_has_mp_state = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_MP_STATE);
 
-    type_register_static(&host_arm_cpu_type_info);
-
     return 0;
 }