diff --git a/ui/console-vc.c b/ui/console-vc.c
index 53fcee88f4..fe20579832 100644
--- a/ui/console-vc.c
+++ b/ui/console-vc.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,6 @@ void qemu_console_early_init(void)
 {
     /* set the default vc driver */
     if (!object_class_by_name(TYPE_CHARDEV_VC)) {
-        type_register(&char_vc_type_info);
+        type_register_static(&char_vc_type_info);
     }
 }
diff --git a/ui/dbus.c b/ui/dbus.c
index 7ecd39e784..d60b59cc54 100644
--- a/ui/dbus.c
+++ b/ui/dbus.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ early_dbus_init(DisplayOptions *opts)
 #endif
     }
 
-    type_register(&dbus_vc_type_info);
+    type_register_static(&dbus_vc_type_info);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index bf9d3dd679..f9a53ea78e 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ static void early_gtk_display_init(DisplayOptions *opts)
     keycode_map = gd_get_keymap(&keycode_maplen);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_VTE)
-    type_register(&char_gd_vc_type_info);
+    type_register_static(&char_gd_vc_type_info);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/spice-app.c b/ui/spice-app.c
index a10b4a58fe..2a93ae5918 100644
--- a/ui/spice-app.c
+++ b/ui/spice-app.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void spice_app_display_early_init(DisplayOptions *opts)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    type_register(&char_vc_type_info);
+    type_register_static(&char_vc_type_info);
 
     sock_path = g_strjoin("", app_dir, "/", "spice.sock", NULL);
     qopts = qemu_opts_create(list, NULL, 0, &error_abort);