diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index fe03293516a5a0b32a8c693f4251a95395f554d3..aece4d9e911908ed54e9659133c8da9f07b0ffc0 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -359,10 +359,7 @@ static void handle_arg_cpu(const char *arg)
 {
     cpu_model = strdup(arg);
     if (cpu_model == NULL || is_help_option(cpu_model)) {
-        /* XXX: implement xxx_cpu_list for targets that still miss it */
-#if defined(cpu_list)
-        cpu_list();
-#endif
+        list_cpus();
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 }