diff --git a/target-unicore32/cpu.c b/target-unicore32/cpu.c
index 18ef1c5dad7582584283975df857d5cc2ebec773..4e4177fc571cad1abebe1a611686932ffdcb794f 100644
--- a/target-unicore32/cpu.c
+++ b/target-unicore32/cpu.c
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ static inline void set_feature(CPUUniCore32State *env, int feature)
 static ObjectClass *uc32_cpu_class_by_name(const char *cpu_model)
 {
     ObjectClass *oc;
+    char *typename;
 
     if (cpu_model == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    oc = object_class_by_name(cpu_model);
+    typename = g_strdup_printf("%s-" TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU, cpu_model);
+    oc = object_class_by_name(typename);
+    g_free(typename);
     if (oc != NULL && (!object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU) ||
                        object_class_is_abstract(oc))) {
         oc = NULL;
@@ -84,7 +87,6 @@ static void uc32_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
     CPUUniCore32State *env = &cpu->env;
 
     cpu_exec_init(env);
-    env->cpu_model_str = object_get_typename(obj);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     env->uncached_asr = ASR_MODE_USER;
@@ -114,12 +116,13 @@ static void uc32_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 static void uc32_register_cpu_type(const UniCore32CPUInfo *info)
 {
     TypeInfo type_info = {
-        .name = info->name,
         .parent = TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU,
         .instance_init = info->instance_init,
     };
 
+    type_info.name = g_strdup_printf("%s-" TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU, info->name);
     type_register(&type_info);
+    g_free((void *)type_info.name);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo uc32_cpu_type_info = {
diff --git a/target-unicore32/helper.c b/target-unicore32/helper.c
index 183b5b35775d9cdc3776f8d9ad27bf4e6c483848..3a92232de5f2509172ae471d66d550da5de17d4c 100644
--- a/target-unicore32/helper.c
+++ b/target-unicore32/helper.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ CPUUniCore32State *uc32_cpu_init(const char *cpu_model)
     }
     cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(object_new(object_class_get_name(oc)));
     env = &cpu->env;
+    env->cpu_model_str = cpu_model;
 
     if (inited) {
         inited = 0;