diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index c45e4d73a8ccbda296fdeff4aa583c42f650e1e8..6879047ff7b592692d9306296cbb0c8d18d2b910 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source "board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig"
 
 # platform-specific options below
 source "arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Kconfig"
-source "arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Kconfig"
+source "arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Kconfig"
 
 # architecture-specific options below
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Kconfig
similarity index 91%
rename from arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Kconfig
rename to arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Kconfig
index f48751e6de77aec33498e84f578b0eb1cc1fd617..1d6ab5032da5f766d293e6cff00f66e996c08857 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
 
-config QEMU_RISCV
+config GENERIC_RISCV
 	bool
 	select ARCH_EARLY_INIT_R
 	imply CPU
diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Makefile b/arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/Makefile
rename to arch/riscv/cpu/generic/Makefile
diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/cpu/generic/cpu.c
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/cpu.c
rename to arch/riscv/cpu/generic/cpu.c
diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/dram.c b/arch/riscv/cpu/generic/dram.c
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/riscv/cpu/qemu/dram.c
rename to arch/riscv/cpu/generic/dram.c
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
index 0d865acf100704f87b6245c54d5f02a8cf98add0..88d07d568e7f602298d972fdd26787330519fa41 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config SYS_VENDOR
 	default "emulation"
 
 config SYS_CPU
-	default "qemu"
+	default "generic"
 
 config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
 	default "qemu-riscv"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
 config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	def_bool y
-	select QEMU_RISCV
+	select GENERIC_RISCV
 	imply SYS_NS16550
 	imply VIRTIO_MMIO
 	imply VIRTIO_NET