diff --git a/hw/arm/gumstix.c b/hw/arm/gumstix.c
index 2ca4140c9f..f58c4da7f9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/gumstix.c
+++ b/hw/arm/gumstix.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ static void connex_init(MachineState *machine)
                           FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
     /* Interrupt line of NIC is connected to GPIO line 36 */
-    smc91c111_init(&nd_table[0], 0x04000300,
-                    qdev_get_gpio_in(cpu->gpio, 36));
+    smc91c111_init(0x04000300, qdev_get_gpio_in(cpu->gpio, 36));
 }
 
 static void verdex_init(MachineState *machine)
@@ -98,8 +97,7 @@ static void verdex_init(MachineState *machine)
                           FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
     /* Interrupt line of NIC is connected to GPIO line 99 */
-    smc91c111_init(&nd_table[0], 0x04000300,
-                    qdev_get_gpio_in(cpu->gpio, 99));
+    smc91c111_init(0x04000300, qdev_get_gpio_in(cpu->gpio, 99));
 }
 
 static void connex_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/arm/integratorcp.c b/hw/arm/integratorcp.c
index d176e9af7e..29bc128992 100644
--- a/hw/arm/integratorcp.c
+++ b/hw/arm/integratorcp.c
@@ -669,8 +669,9 @@ static void integratorcp_init(MachineState *machine)
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, 0x1d000000);
     sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, pic[25]);
 
-    if (nd_table[0].used)
-        smc91c111_init(&nd_table[0], 0xc8000000, pic[27]);
+    if (qemu_find_nic_info("smc91c111", true, NULL)) {
+        smc91c111_init(0xc8000000, pic[27]);
+    }
 
     sysbus_create_simple("pl110", 0xc0000000, pic[22]);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/mainstone.c b/hw/arm/mainstone.c
index 68329c4617..84dbb6e525 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mainstone.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mainstone.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ static void mainstone_common_init(MachineState *machine,
             qdev_get_gpio_in(mst_irq, S1_IRQ),
             qdev_get_gpio_in(mst_irq, S1_CD_IRQ));
 
-    smc91c111_init(&nd_table[0], MST_ETH_PHYS,
-                    qdev_get_gpio_in(mst_irq, ETHERNET_IRQ));
+    smc91c111_init(MST_ETH_PHYS, qdev_get_gpio_in(mst_irq, ETHERNET_IRQ));
 
     mainstone_binfo.board_id = arm_id;
     arm_load_kernel(mpu->cpu, machine, &mainstone_binfo);
diff --git a/hw/arm/realview.c b/hw/arm/realview.c
index 132217b2ed..6e7529d98f 100644
--- a/hw/arm/realview.c
+++ b/hw/arm/realview.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
     I2CBus *i2c;
     int n;
     unsigned int smp_cpus = machine->smp.cpus;
-    int done_nic = 0;
     qemu_irq cpu_irq[4];
     int is_mpcore = 0;
     int is_pb = 0;
@@ -295,24 +294,20 @@ static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
             n--;
         }
     }
-    for(n = 0; n < nb_nics; n++) {
-        nd = &nd_table[n];
-
-        if (!done_nic && (!nd->model ||
-                    strcmp(nd->model, is_pb ? "lan9118" : "smc91c111") == 0)) {
-            if (is_pb) {
-                lan9118_init(nd, 0x4e000000, pic[28]);
-            } else {
-                smc91c111_init(nd, 0x4e000000, pic[28]);
-            }
-            done_nic = 1;
+
+    nd = qemu_find_nic_info(is_pb ? "lan9118" : "smc91c111", true, NULL);
+    if (nd) {
+        if (is_pb) {
+            lan9118_init(nd, 0x4e000000, pic[28]);
         } else {
-            if (pci_bus) {
-                pci_nic_init_nofail(nd, pci_bus, "rtl8139", NULL);
-            }
+            smc91c111_init(0x4e000000, pic[28]);
         }
     }
 
+    if (pci_bus) {
+        pci_init_nic_devices(pci_bus, "rtl8139");
+    }
+
     dev = sysbus_create_simple(TYPE_ARM_SBCON_I2C, 0x10002000, NULL);
     i2c = (I2CBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "i2c");
     i2c_slave_create_simple(i2c, "ds1338", 0x68);
diff --git a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
index 2f22dc890f..7bf2ba7c21 100644
--- a/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/arm/versatilepb.c
@@ -192,10 +192,8 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
     SysBusDevice *busdev;
     DeviceState *pl041;
     PCIBus *pci_bus;
-    NICInfo *nd;
     I2CBus *i2c;
     int n;
-    int done_smc = 0;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     if (machine->ram_size > 0x10000000) {
@@ -263,16 +261,11 @@ static void versatile_init(MachineState *machine, int board_id)
     sysbus_connect_irq(busdev, 3, sic[30]);
     pci_bus = (PCIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "pci");
 
-    for(n = 0; n < nb_nics; n++) {
-        nd = &nd_table[n];
-
-        if (!done_smc && (!nd->model || strcmp(nd->model, "smc91c111") == 0)) {
-            smc91c111_init(nd, 0x10010000, sic[25]);
-            done_smc = 1;
-        } else {
-            pci_nic_init_nofail(nd, pci_bus, "rtl8139", NULL);
-        }
+    if (qemu_find_nic_info("smc91c111", true, NULL)) {
+        smc91c111_init(0x10010000, sic[25]);
     }
+    pci_init_nic_devices(pci_bus, "rtl8139");
+
     if (machine_usb(machine)) {
         pci_create_simple(pci_bus, -1, "pci-ohci");
     }
diff --git a/hw/net/smc91c111.c b/hw/net/smc91c111.c
index ddbceda967..dec4982cfe 100644
--- a/hw/net/smc91c111.c
+++ b/hw/net/smc91c111.c
@@ -817,14 +817,13 @@ static void smc91c111_register_types(void)
 
 /* Legacy helper function.  Should go away when machine config files are
    implemented.  */
-void smc91c111_init(NICInfo *nd, uint32_t base, qemu_irq irq)
+void smc91c111_init(uint32_t base, qemu_irq irq)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
     SysBusDevice *s;
 
-    qemu_check_nic_model(nd, "smc91c111");
     dev = qdev_new(TYPE_SMC91C111);
-    qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
+    qemu_configure_nic_device(dev, true, NULL);
     s = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(s, &error_fatal);
     sysbus_mmio_map(s, 0, base);
diff --git a/include/hw/net/smc91c111.h b/include/hw/net/smc91c111.h
index df5b11dcef..dba32a233f 100644
--- a/include/hw/net/smc91c111.h
+++ b/include/hw/net/smc91c111.h
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "net/net.h"
 
-void smc91c111_init(NICInfo *, uint32_t, qemu_irq);
+void smc91c111_init(uint32_t, qemu_irq);
 
 #endif
