diff --git a/hw/riscv/spike.c b/hw/riscv/spike.c
index c8c056c50b0313657d0e40710fb0b1e51876631d..eb857c434ef7b8c3dfc3f4af784b7f289da79c58 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/spike.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/spike.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void create_fdt(SpikeState *s, const struct MemmapEntry *memmap,
 
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(fdt, "/soc");
     qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, "/soc", "ranges", NULL, 0);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/soc", "compatible", "ucbbar,spike-bare-soc");
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/soc", "compatible", "simple-bus");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, "/soc", "#size-cells", 0x2);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, "/soc", "#address-cells", 0x2);