diff --git a/hw/arm/bcm2836.c b/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
index d775a33969..3e7e8ca791 100644
--- a/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
+++ b/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
@@ -25,23 +25,38 @@
 
 struct BCM283XInfo {
     const char *name;
+    const char *cpu_type;
     int clusterid;
 };
 
 static const BCM283XInfo bcm283x_socs[] = {
     {
         .name = TYPE_BCM2836,
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a15"),
         .clusterid = 0xf,
     },
+#ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
     {
         .name = TYPE_BCM2837,
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a53"),
         .clusterid = 0x0,
     },
+#endif
 };
 
 static void bcm2836_init(Object *obj)
 {
     BCM283XState *s = BCM283X(obj);
+    BCM283XClass *bc = BCM283X_GET_CLASS(obj);
+    const BCM283XInfo *info = bc->info;
+    int n;
+
+    for (n = 0; n < BCM283X_NCPUS; n++) {
+        object_initialize(&s->cpus[n], sizeof(s->cpus[n]),
+                          info->cpu_type);
+        object_property_add_child(obj, "cpu[*]", OBJECT(&s->cpus[n]),
+                                  &error_abort);
+    }
 
     object_initialize(&s->control, sizeof(s->control), TYPE_BCM2836_CONTROL);
     object_property_add_child(obj, "control", OBJECT(&s->control), NULL);
@@ -69,14 +84,6 @@ static void bcm2836_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     /* common peripherals from bcm2835 */
 
-    obj = OBJECT(dev);
-    for (n = 0; n < BCM283X_NCPUS; n++) {
-        object_initialize(&s->cpus[n], sizeof(s->cpus[n]),
-                          s->cpu_type);
-        object_property_add_child(obj, "cpu[*]", OBJECT(&s->cpus[n]),
-                                  &error_abort);
-    }
-
     obj = object_property_get_link(OBJECT(dev), "ram", &err);
     if (obj == NULL) {
         error_setg(errp, "%s: required ram link not found: %s",
@@ -166,7 +173,6 @@ static void bcm2836_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 }
 
 static Property bcm2836_props[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("cpu-type", BCM283XState, cpu_type),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("enabled-cpus", BCM283XState, enabled_cpus,
                        BCM283X_NCPUS),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
diff --git a/hw/arm/raspi.c b/hw/arm/raspi.c
index f588720138..ae15997669 100644
--- a/hw/arm/raspi.c
+++ b/hw/arm/raspi.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static void raspi_init(MachineState *machine, int version)
     /* Setup the SOC */
     object_property_add_const_link(OBJECT(&s->soc), "ram", OBJECT(&s->ram),
                                    &error_abort);
-    object_property_set_str(OBJECT(&s->soc), machine->cpu_type, "cpu-type",
-                            &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&s->soc), smp_cpus, "enabled-cpus",
                             &error_abort);
     int board_rev = version == 3 ? 0xa02082 : 0xa21041;