diff --git a/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c b/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
index c046206e16a23d0d0d43ce6bc93a77d37568660f..54e7ec7c20745320e8ca7ef3b741ac1a411ffa69 100644
--- a/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
+++ b/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static int mpc8544_load_device_tree(CPUPPCState *env,
         tb_freq = kvmppc_get_tbfreq();
 
         /* indicate KVM hypercall interface */
+        qemu_devtree_add_subnode(fdt, "/hypervisor");
         qemu_devtree_setprop_string(fdt, "/hypervisor", "compatible",
                                     "linux,kvm");
         kvmppc_get_hypercall(env, hypercall, sizeof(hypercall));
diff --git a/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dtb b/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dtb
index a85b93c1e6e66c318c3f0c1910abae78f4b78f5e..8194aa2e6f292fb34023feb596aa19448b8af0d0 100644
Binary files a/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dtb and b/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dtb differ
diff --git a/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dts b/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dts
index 1fcb8658fdc648a469cede462d4b4b37259247ee..2ca7c5421e846311e492a3881c28e768d0324cb6 100644
--- a/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dts
+++ b/pc-bios/mpc8544ds.dts
@@ -103,7 +103,4 @@
 	chosen {
 		linux,stdout-path = "/soc8544@e0000000/serial@4500";
 	};
-
-	hypervisor {
-	};
 };