diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 55f114ef729f..1f9799d4321e 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c_mux_pca954x.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.h"
 #include "hw/misc/pca9552.h"
+#include "hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h"
 #include "hw/sensor/tmp105.h"
 #include "hw/misc/led.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
@@ -429,15 +430,6 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
     arm_load_kernel(ARM_CPU(first_cpu), machine, &aspeed_board_binfo);
 }
 
-static void at24c_eeprom_init(I2CBus *bus, uint8_t addr, uint32_t rsize)
-{
-    I2CSlave *i2c_dev = i2c_slave_new("at24c-eeprom", addr);
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(i2c_dev);
-
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "rom-size", rsize);
-    i2c_slave_realize_and_unref(i2c_dev, bus, &error_abort);
-}
-
 static void palmetto_bmc_i2c_init(AspeedMachineState *bmc)
 {
     AspeedSoCState *soc = &bmc->soc;
diff --git a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
index 6bc6f5d2fe29..9b31207a06e9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
+++ b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c_mux_pca954x.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/smbus_eeprom.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
+#include "hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -140,17 +141,6 @@ static I2CBus *npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(NPCM7xxState *soc, uint32_t num)
     return I2C_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(&soc->smbus[num]), "i2c-bus"));
 }
 
-static void at24c_eeprom_init(NPCM7xxState *soc, int bus, uint8_t addr,
-                              uint32_t rsize)
-{
-    I2CBus *i2c_bus = npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, bus);
-    I2CSlave *i2c_dev = i2c_slave_new("at24c-eeprom", addr);
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(i2c_dev);
-
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "rom-size", rsize);
-    i2c_slave_realize_and_unref(i2c_dev, i2c_bus, &error_abort);
-}
-
 static void npcm7xx_init_pwm_splitter(NPCM7xxMachine *machine,
                                       NPCM7xxState *soc, const int *fan_counts)
 {
@@ -253,8 +243,8 @@ static void quanta_gsj_i2c_init(NPCM7xxState *soc)
     i2c_slave_create_simple(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 3), "tmp105", 0x5c);
     i2c_slave_create_simple(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 4), "tmp105", 0x5c);
 
-    at24c_eeprom_init(soc, 9, 0x55, 8192);
-    at24c_eeprom_init(soc, 10, 0x55, 8192);
+    at24c_eeprom_init(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 9), 0x55, 8192);
+    at24c_eeprom_init(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 10), 0x55, 8192);
 
     /*
      * i2c-11:
@@ -360,7 +350,7 @@ static void kudo_bmc_i2c_init(NPCM7xxState *soc)
 
     i2c_slave_create_simple(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 4), TYPE_PCA9548, 0x77);
 
-    at24c_eeprom_init(soc, 4, 0x50, 8192); /* mbfru */
+    at24c_eeprom_init(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 4), 0x50, 8192); /* mbfru */
 
     i2c_mux = i2c_slave_create_simple(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 13),
                                       TYPE_PCA9548, 0x77);
@@ -371,7 +361,7 @@ static void kudo_bmc_i2c_init(NPCM7xxState *soc)
     i2c_slave_create_simple(pca954x_i2c_get_bus(i2c_mux, 4), "tmp105", 0x48);
     i2c_slave_create_simple(pca954x_i2c_get_bus(i2c_mux, 5), "tmp105", 0x49);
 
-    at24c_eeprom_init(soc, 14, 0x55, 8192); /* bmcfru */
+    at24c_eeprom_init(npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, 14), 0x55, 8192); /* bmcfru */
 
     /* TODO: Add remaining i2c devices. */
 }
diff --git a/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.c b/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.c
index 2d4d8b952f38..98857e3626b9 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/i2c.h"
+#include "hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties-system.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
@@ -128,6 +129,17 @@ int at24c_eeprom_send(I2CSlave *s, uint8_t data)
     return 0;
 }
 
+I2CSlave *at24c_eeprom_init(I2CBus *bus, uint8_t address, uint32_t rom_size)
+{
+    I2CSlave *i2c_dev = i2c_slave_new(TYPE_AT24C_EE, address);
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(i2c_dev);
+
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "rom-size", rom_size);
+    i2c_slave_realize_and_unref(i2c_dev, bus, &error_abort);
+
+    return i2c_dev;
+}
+
 static void at24c_eeprom_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     EEPROMState *ee = AT24C_EE(dev);
diff --git a/include/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h b/include/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..196db309d451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/nvram/eeprom_at24c.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ */
+
+#ifndef EEPROM_AT24C_H
+#define EEPROM_AT24C_H
+
+#include "hw/i2c/i2c.h"
+
+/*
+ * Create and realize an AT24C EEPROM device on the heap.
+ * @bus: I2C bus to put it on
+ * @address: I2C address of the EEPROM slave when put on a bus
+ * @rom_size: size of the EEPROM
+ *
+ * Create the device state structure, initialize it, put it on the specified
+ * @bus, and drop the reference to it (the device is realized).
+ */
+I2CSlave *at24c_eeprom_init(I2CBus *bus, uint8_t address, uint32_t rom_size);
+
+#endif
