diff --git a/hw/arm/bcm2836.c b/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
index 3e7e8ca7918b91d88e43ef261d6022e9ed0f9294..3c4b44a53e725745e260bf630668e56d1b8ade22 100644
--- a/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
+++ b/hw/arm/bcm2836.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct BCM283XInfo {
 static const BCM283XInfo bcm283x_socs[] = {
     {
         .name = TYPE_BCM2836,
-        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a15"),
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a7"),
         .clusterid = 0xf,
     },
 #ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
diff --git a/hw/arm/raspi.c b/hw/arm/raspi.c
index 06f1e08ca9cca42e48401e806b00c66e03625cf3..955a7c4e80bcca941d3c4a7314270d623720f07c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/raspi.c
+++ b/hw/arm/raspi.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void raspi2_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->no_parallel = 1;
     mc->no_floppy = 1;
     mc->no_cdrom = 1;
-    mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a15");
+    mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a7");
     mc->max_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->min_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;
     mc->default_cpus = BCM283X_NCPUS;