diff --git a/hw/xilinx.h b/hw/xilinx.h
index 556c5aa9f1573283fcea5c0796eeb5b346478f26..df06a001d3b2b8ee0b2f0fac91de20ad2a45a5ec 100644
--- a/hw/xilinx.h
+++ b/hw/xilinx.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ xilinx_timer_create(target_phys_addr_t base, qemu_irq irq, int oto, int freq)
 {
     DeviceState *dev;
 
-    dev = qdev_create(NULL, "xlnx,xps-timer");
+    dev = qdev_create(NULL, "xlnx.xps-timer");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "one-timer-only", oto);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "frequency", freq);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
diff --git a/hw/xilinx_timer.c b/hw/xilinx_timer.c
index b562bd065e21e319941d7302c1997cffb449c36f..053ba02b50720288d35c75157becc5d817a9ad99 100644
--- a/hw/xilinx_timer.c
+++ b/hw/xilinx_timer.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int xilinx_timer_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
         ptimer_set_freq(xt->ptimer, t->freq_hz);
     }
 
-    memory_region_init_io(&t->mmio, &timer_ops, t, "xlnx,xps-timer",
+    memory_region_init_io(&t->mmio, &timer_ops, t, "xlnx.xps-timer",
                           R_MAX * 4 * num_timers(t));
     sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &t->mmio);
     return 0;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void xilinx_timer_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 }
 
 static TypeInfo xilinx_timer_info = {
-    .name          = "xlnx,xps-timer",
+    .name          = "xlnx.xps-timer",
     .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(struct timerblock),
     .class_init    = xilinx_timer_class_init,