diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops.c
index 684dc5a137..786d90c08f 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops.c
@@ -97,16 +97,17 @@ static void tcg_accel_ops_init(AccelOpsClass *ops)
         ops->create_vcpu_thread = mttcg_start_vcpu_thread;
         ops->kick_vcpu_thread = mttcg_kick_vcpu_thread;
         ops->handle_interrupt = tcg_handle_interrupt;
-    } else if (icount_enabled()) {
-        ops->create_vcpu_thread = rr_start_vcpu_thread;
-        ops->kick_vcpu_thread = rr_kick_vcpu_thread;
-        ops->handle_interrupt = icount_handle_interrupt;
-        ops->get_virtual_clock = icount_get;
-        ops->get_elapsed_ticks = icount_get;
     } else {
         ops->create_vcpu_thread = rr_start_vcpu_thread;
         ops->kick_vcpu_thread = rr_kick_vcpu_thread;
-        ops->handle_interrupt = tcg_handle_interrupt;
+
+        if (icount_enabled()) {
+            ops->handle_interrupt = icount_handle_interrupt;
+            ops->get_virtual_clock = icount_get;
+            ops->get_elapsed_ticks = icount_get;
+        } else {
+            ops->handle_interrupt = tcg_handle_interrupt;
+        }
     }
 }