diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index 0e55411045..aa279c1bb6 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static void create_fdt(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, name, "interrupts", RTC_IRQ);
     g_free(name);
 
-    name = g_strdup_printf("/soc/flash@%" PRIx64, flashbase);
+    name = g_strdup_printf("/flash@%" PRIx64, flashbase);
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(mc->fdt, name);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_string(mc->fdt, name, "compatible", "cfi-flash");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(mc->fdt, name, "reg",