diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index a1e9247..fc7860f 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -440,10 +440,19 @@
 void qdev_connect_gpio_out_named(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, int n,
                                  qemu_irq pin)
 {
-    NamedGPIOList *gpio_list = qdev_get_named_gpio_list(dev, name);
-
-    assert(n >= 0 && n < gpio_list->num_out);
-    gpio_list->out[n] = pin;
+    char *propname = g_strdup_printf("%s[%d]",
+                                     name ? name : "unnamed-gpio-out", n);
+    if (pin) {
+        /* We need a name for object_property_set_link to work.  If the
+         * object has a parent, object_property_add_child will come back
+         * with an error without doing anything.  If it has none, it will
+         * never fail.  So we can just call it with a NULL Error pointer.
+         */
+        object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "non-qdev-gpio[*]",
+                                  OBJECT(pin), NULL);
+    }
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev), OBJECT(pin), propname, &error_abort);
+    g_free(propname);
 }
 
 void qdev_connect_gpio_out(DeviceState * dev, int n, qemu_irq pin)