diff --git a/target/cris/cpu.c b/target/cris/cpu.c
index 527a3448bf..949c7a6e25 100644
--- a/target/cris/cpu.c
+++ b/target/cris/cpu.c
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ static ObjectClass *cris_cpu_class_by_name(const char *cpu_model)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
     if (strcasecmp(cpu_model, "any") == 0) {
-        return object_class_by_name("crisv32-" TYPE_CRIS_CPU);
+        return object_class_by_name(CRIS_CPU_TYPE_NAME("crisv32"));
     }
 #endif
 
-    typename = g_strdup_printf("%s-" TYPE_CRIS_CPU, cpu_model);
+    typename = g_strdup_printf(CRIS_CPU_TYPE_NAME("%s"), cpu_model);
     oc = object_class_by_name(typename);
     g_free(typename);
     if (oc != NULL && (!object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_CRIS_CPU) ||
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void cris_cpu_list_entry(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
     const char *typename = object_class_get_name(oc);
     char *name;
 
-    name = g_strndup(typename, strlen(typename) - strlen("-" TYPE_CRIS_CPU));
+    name = g_strndup(typename, strlen(typename) - strlen(CRIS_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX));
     (*s->cpu_fprintf)(s->file, "  %s\n", name);
     g_free(name);
 }
@@ -254,38 +254,6 @@ static void crisv32_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     ccc->vr = 32;
 }
 
-#define TYPE(model) model "-" TYPE_CRIS_CPU
-
-static const TypeInfo cris_cpu_model_type_infos[] = {
-    {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv8"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv8_cpu_class_init,
-    }, {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv9"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv9_cpu_class_init,
-    }, {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv10"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv10_cpu_class_init,
-    }, {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv11"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv11_cpu_class_init,
-    }, {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv17"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv17_cpu_class_init,
-    }, {
-        .name = TYPE("crisv32"),
-        .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-        .class_init = crisv32_cpu_class_init,
-    }
-};
-
-#undef TYPE
-
 static void cris_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
@@ -320,24 +288,29 @@ static void cris_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->tcg_initialize = cris_initialize_tcg;
 }
 
-static const TypeInfo cris_cpu_type_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
-    .parent = TYPE_CPU,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(CRISCPU),
-    .instance_init = cris_cpu_initfn,
-    .abstract = true,
-    .class_size = sizeof(CRISCPUClass),
-    .class_init = cris_cpu_class_init,
+#define DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE(cpu_model, initfn) \
+     {                                          \
+         .parent = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,               \
+         .class_init = initfn,                  \
+         .name = CRIS_CPU_TYPE_NAME(cpu_model), \
+     }
+
+static const TypeInfo cris_cpu_model_type_infos[] = {
+    {
+        .name = TYPE_CRIS_CPU,
+        .parent = TYPE_CPU,
+        .instance_size = sizeof(CRISCPU),
+        .instance_init = cris_cpu_initfn,
+        .abstract = true,
+        .class_size = sizeof(CRISCPUClass),
+        .class_init = cris_cpu_class_init,
+    },
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv8", crisv8_cpu_class_init),
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv9", crisv9_cpu_class_init),
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv10", crisv10_cpu_class_init),
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv11", crisv11_cpu_class_init),
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv17", crisv17_cpu_class_init),
+    DEFINE_CRIS_CPU_TYPE("crisv32", crisv32_cpu_class_init),
 };
 
-static void cris_cpu_register_types(void)
-{
-    int i;
-
-    type_register_static(&cris_cpu_type_info);
-    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cris_cpu_model_type_infos); i++) {
-        type_register_static(&cris_cpu_model_type_infos[i]);
-    }
-}
-
-type_init(cris_cpu_register_types)
+DEFINE_TYPES(cris_cpu_model_type_infos)
diff --git a/target/cris/cpu.h b/target/cris/cpu.h
index 5d822dee16..b64fa3542c 100644
--- a/target/cris/cpu.h
+++ b/target/cris/cpu.h
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ enum {
 
 #define cpu_init(cpu_model) cpu_generic_init(TYPE_CRIS_CPU, cpu_model)
 
+#define CRIS_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_CRIS_CPU
+#define CRIS_CPU_TYPE_NAME(name) (name CRIS_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX)
+
 #define cpu_signal_handler cpu_cris_signal_handler
 
 /* MMU modes definitions */