diff --git a/qemu/saimaa.c b/qemu/saimaa.c
index 32aad11..1375587 100644
--- a/qemu/saimaa.c
+++ b/qemu/saimaa.c
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ static void saimaa_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     /* CPUs: 4x Cortex-A7, only cpu0 boots */
     for (i = 0; i < SAIMAA_NCPUS; i++) {
-        Object *cpuobj = object_new(TYPE_ARM_CPU);
-        object_property_set_str(cpuobj, "cortex-a7", "model",
-                                &error_fatal);
+        Object *cpuobj = object_new("cortex-a7-" TYPE_ARM_CPU);
         object_property_set_int(cpuobj, "mp-affinity", i, &error_fatal);
         if (i > 0) {
             object_property_set_bool(cpuobj, true, "start-powered-off",