diff --git a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
index 2439af63a0..01e26a9726 100644
--- a/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/arm/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static bool hvf_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
     hv_vcpu_exit_t *exit;
     int i;
 
-    ahcf->dtb_compatible = "arm,arm-v8";
+    ahcf->dtb_compatible = "arm,armv8";
     ahcf->features = (1ULL << ARM_FEATURE_V8) |
                      (1ULL << ARM_FEATURE_NEON) |
                      (1ULL << ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64) |
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index da30bdbb23..e1b87116db 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static bool kvm_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
     }
 
     ahcf->target = init.target;
-    ahcf->dtb_compatible = "arm,arm-v8";
+    ahcf->dtb_compatible = "arm,armv8";
 
     err = read_sys_reg64(fdarray[2], &ahcf->isar.id_aa64pfr0,
                          ARM64_SYS_REG(3, 0, 0, 4, 0));