diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
index 77fdb46cc65a4a4b1f6e8a358ed5249e66dd4173..56ac202859ebc8c9e55c1cd2497a3a3ae226141e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ identify_qemu_args () {
 		echo -soundhw pcspk
 		;;
 	qemu-system-ppc64)
-		echo -enable-kvm -M pseries -cpu POWER7 -nodefaults
+		echo -enable-kvm -M pseries -nodefaults
 		echo -device spapr-vscsi
 		if test -n "$TORTURE_QEMU_INTERACTIVE" -a -n "$TORTURE_QEMU_MAC"
 		then