diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 5a394821da..5c6c2019ce 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -2511,9 +2511,9 @@ void virtio_pci_types_register(const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo *t)
         base_type_info.class_data = (void *)t;
     }
 
-    type_register(&base_type_info);
+    type_register_static(&base_type_info);
     if (generic_type_info.name) {
-        type_register(&generic_type_info);
+        type_register_static(&generic_type_info);
     }
 
     if (t->non_transitional_name) {
@@ -2527,7 +2527,7 @@ void virtio_pci_types_register(const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo *t)
                 { }
             },
         };
-        type_register(&non_transitional_type_info);
+        type_register_static(&non_transitional_type_info);
     }
 
     if (t->transitional_name) {
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ void virtio_pci_types_register(const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo *t)
                 { }
             },
         };
-        type_register(&transitional_type_info);
+        type_register_static(&transitional_type_info);
     }
     g_free(base_name);
 }