diff --git a/hw/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips_malta.c
index 3a115032bce98e89fceecebebdfe182fe3e208eb..42627e82a5d5522e121e295fa670590803f9425f 100644
--- a/hw/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips_malta.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ void mips_malta_init (int ram_size, int vga_ram_size, int boot_device,
 #ifdef TARGET_MIPS64
         cpu_model = "R4000";
 #else
-        cpu_model = "4KEc";
+        cpu_model = "24Kf";
 #endif
     }
     if (mips_find_by_name(cpu_model, &def) != 0)
diff --git a/hw/mips_pica61.c b/hw/mips_pica61.c
index 8e1058a7918fc0aa9c5aafcd6d044fdf28e1a17d..3f2a937e8c90df375f89e904379407ae7ca15890 100644
--- a/hw/mips_pica61.c
+++ b/hw/mips_pica61.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ void mips_pica61_init (int ram_size, int vga_ram_size, int boot_device,
 #ifdef TARGET_MIPS64
         cpu_model = "R4000";
 #else
-        cpu_model = "4KEc";
+        /* FIXME: All wrong, this maybe should be R3000 for the older PICAs. */
+        cpu_model = "24Kf";
 #endif
     }
     if (mips_find_by_name(cpu_model, &def) != 0)
diff --git a/hw/mips_r4k.c b/hw/mips_r4k.c
index f6af322fdcb97a93fb2b6e74bf8d0de800c9e72d..72e9ac8a68cfd517ebba8bd057cae1f45c7e6a5f 100644
--- a/hw/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/hw/mips_r4k.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void mips_r4k_init (int ram_size, int vga_ram_size, int boot_device,
 #ifdef TARGET_MIPS64
         cpu_model = "R4000";
 #else
-        cpu_model = "4KEc";
+        cpu_model = "24Kf";
 #endif
     }
     if (mips_find_by_name(cpu_model, &def) != 0)