diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index c46ddc7..2b96f47 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -526,6 +526,15 @@ bool machine_mem_merge(MachineState *machine)
     return machine->mem_merge;
 }
 
+static void machine_class_finalize(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    if (mc->compat_props) {
+        g_array_free(mc->compat_props, true);
+    }
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo machine_info = {
     .name = TYPE_MACHINE,
     .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
@@ -533,6 +542,7 @@ static const TypeInfo machine_info = {
     .class_size = sizeof(MachineClass),
     .class_init    = machine_class_init,
     .class_base_init = machine_class_base_init,
+    .class_finalize = machine_class_finalize,
     .instance_size = sizeof(MachineState),
     .instance_init = machine_initfn,
     .instance_finalize = machine_finalize,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 50e5a26..4ec1156 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -2412,7 +2412,6 @@ DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_4, "2.4", false);
  * pseries-2.3
  */
 #define SPAPR_COMPAT_2_3 \
-        SPAPR_COMPAT_2_4 \
         HW_COMPAT_2_3 \
         {\
             .driver   = "spapr-pci-host-bridge",\
@@ -2439,7 +2438,6 @@ DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_3, "2.3", false);
  */
 
 #define SPAPR_COMPAT_2_2 \
-        SPAPR_COMPAT_2_3 \
         HW_COMPAT_2_2 \
         {\
             .driver   = TYPE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,\
@@ -2463,7 +2461,6 @@ DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_2, "2.2", false);
  * pseries-2.1
  */
 #define SPAPR_COMPAT_2_1 \
-        SPAPR_COMPAT_2_2 \
         HW_COMPAT_2_1
 
 static void spapr_machine_2_1_instance_options(MachineState *machine)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 586ddbb..0d3c3f8 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -282,13 +282,9 @@ static const TypeInfo ccw_machine_info = {
 static void ccw_machine_2_4_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
-    static GlobalProperty compat_props[] = {
-        CCW_COMPAT_2_4
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    };
 
     mc->desc = "VirtIO-ccw based S390 machine v2.4";
-    mc->compat_props = compat_props;
+    SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, CCW_COMPAT_2_4);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo ccw_machine_2_4_info = {
@@ -300,13 +296,9 @@ static const TypeInfo ccw_machine_2_4_info = {
 static void ccw_machine_2_5_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
-    static GlobalProperty compat_props[] = {
-        CCW_COMPAT_2_5
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    };
 
     mc->desc = "VirtIO-ccw based S390 machine v2.5";
-    mc->compat_props = compat_props;
+    SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, CCW_COMPAT_2_5);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo ccw_machine_2_5_info = {
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 0f30959..cdb4a98 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
     const char *default_machine_opts;
     const char *default_boot_order;
     const char *default_display;
-    GlobalProperty *compat_props;
+    GArray *compat_props;
     const char *hw_version;
     ram_addr_t default_ram_size;
     bool option_rom_has_mr;
@@ -159,11 +159,18 @@ struct MachineState {
 
 #define SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, COMPAT) \
     do {                              \
+        int i;                        \
         static GlobalProperty props[] = {       \
             COMPAT                              \
             { /* end of list */ }               \
         };                                      \
-        (m)->compat_props = props;              \
+        if (!m->compat_props) { \
+            m->compat_props = g_array_new(false, false, sizeof(void *)); \
+        } \
+        for (i = 0; props[i].driver != NULL; i++) {    \
+            GlobalProperty *prop = &props[i];          \
+            g_array_append_val(m->compat_props, prop); \
+        }                                              \
     } while (0)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 65e8f24..7713361 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     HW_COMPAT_2_5
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_4 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_5 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_4 \
     {\
         .driver   = "Haswell-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
@@ -432,7 +431,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
 
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_3 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_4 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_3 \
     {\
         .driver   = TYPE_X86_CPU,\
@@ -513,7 +511,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_2 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_3 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_2 \
     {\
         .driver = "kvm64" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
@@ -607,7 +604,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_1 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_2 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_1 \
     {\
         .driver = "coreduo" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
@@ -621,7 +617,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_0 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_1 \
     {\
         .driver   = "virtio-scsi-pci",\
         .property = "any_layout",\
@@ -681,7 +676,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_7 \
-    PC_COMPAT_2_0 \
     {\
         .driver   = TYPE_USB_DEVICE,\
         .property = "msos-desc",\
@@ -699,7 +693,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_6 \
-    PC_COMPAT_1_7 \
     {\
         .driver   = "e1000",\
         .property = "mitigation",\
@@ -723,7 +716,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_5 \
-    PC_COMPAT_1_6 \
     {\
         .driver   = "Conroe-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
         .property = "model",\
@@ -767,7 +759,6 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
     },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_1_4 \
-    PC_COMPAT_1_5 \
     {\
         .driver   = "scsi-hd",\
         .property = "discard_granularity",\
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f043009..cf103d7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4492,7 +4492,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
 
     if (machine_class->compat_props) {
-        qdev_prop_register_global_list(machine_class->compat_props);
+        GlobalProperty *p;
+        for (i = 0; i < machine_class->compat_props->len; i++) {
+            p = g_array_index(machine_class->compat_props, GlobalProperty *, i);
+            qdev_prop_register_global(p);
+        }
     }
     qemu_add_globals();
 
