diff --git a/hw/ide.h b/hw/ide.h
index 0e7d540bdbe57f325a5381abc3fd291e2853a393..f0cb3205365f6150828f3806a9a6becd05134b1b 100644
--- a/hw/ide.h
+++ b/hw/ide.h
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 #ifndef HW_IDE_H
 #define HW_IDE_H
 
-#include "qdev.h"
+#include "isa.h"
+#include "pci.h"
 
 /* ide-isa.c */
-int isa_ide_init(int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
-                 DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1);
+ISADevice *isa_ide_init(int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
+                        DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1);
 
 /* ide-pci.c */
 void pci_cmd646_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table,
                          int secondary_ide_enabled);
-void pci_piix3_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn);
-void pci_piix4_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn);
+PCIDevice *pci_piix3_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn);
+PCIDevice *pci_piix4_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn);
 
 /* ide-macio.c */
 int pmac_ide_init (DriveInfo **hd_table, qemu_irq irq,
diff --git a/hw/ide/isa.c b/hw/ide/isa.c
index dff7c796f70fa8853991b4018100a1ae22c453c3..95189d6683fc2a5a33f2e3e822d55a9503c3e0e3 100644
--- a/hw/ide/isa.c
+++ b/hw/ide/isa.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static int isa_ide_initfn(ISADevice *dev)
     return 0;
 };
 
-int isa_ide_init(int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
-                 DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1)
+ISADevice *isa_ide_init(int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
+                        DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1)
 {
     ISADevice *dev;
     ISAIDEState *s;
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ int isa_ide_init(int iobase, int iobase2, int isairq,
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(&dev->qdev, "iobase2", iobase2);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(&dev->qdev, "irq",     isairq);
     if (qdev_init(&dev->qdev) < 0)
-        return -1;
+        return NULL;
 
     s = DO_UPCAST(ISAIDEState, dev, dev);
     if (hd0)
         ide_create_drive(&s->bus, 0, hd0);
     if (hd1)
         ide_create_drive(&s->bus, 1, hd1);
-    return 0;
+    return dev;
 }
 
 static ISADeviceInfo isa_ide_info = {
diff --git a/hw/ide/piix.c b/hw/ide/piix.c
index 2776ac3650a7f7f38aad381c6211c02b136354d5..eab346a34ca8029fd4eeab7c84b858341627eb32 100644
--- a/hw/ide/piix.c
+++ b/hw/ide/piix.c
@@ -158,22 +158,24 @@ static int pci_piix4_ide_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
 
 /* hd_table must contain 4 block drivers */
 /* NOTE: for the PIIX3, the IRQs and IOports are hardcoded */
-void pci_piix3_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn)
+PCIDevice *pci_piix3_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn)
 {
     PCIDevice *dev;
 
     dev = pci_create_simple(bus, devfn, "piix3-ide");
     pci_ide_create_devs(dev, hd_table);
+    return dev;
 }
 
 /* hd_table must contain 4 block drivers */
 /* NOTE: for the PIIX4, the IRQs and IOports are hardcoded */
-void pci_piix4_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn)
+PCIDevice *pci_piix4_ide_init(PCIBus *bus, DriveInfo **hd_table, int devfn)
 {
     PCIDevice *dev;
 
     dev = pci_create_simple(bus, devfn, "piix4-ide");
     pci_ide_create_devs(dev, hd_table);
+    return dev;
 }
 
 static PCIDeviceInfo piix_ide_info[] = {