diff --git a/target/sparc/cpu.c b/target/sparc/cpu.c
index 47d0927707..c7adc281de 100644
--- a/target/sparc/cpu.c
+++ b/target/sparc/cpu.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static bool sparc_cpu_has_work(CPUState *cs)
 
 static char *sparc_cpu_type_name(const char *cpu_model)
 {
-    char *name = g_strdup_printf("%s-" TYPE_SPARC_CPU, cpu_model);
+    char *name = g_strdup_printf(SPARC_CPU_TYPE_NAME("%s"), cpu_model);
     char *s = name;
 
     /* SPARC cpu model names happen to have whitespaces,
diff --git a/target/sparc/cpu.h b/target/sparc/cpu.h
index bf2b8931cc..9fde547fac 100644
--- a/target/sparc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/sparc/cpu.h
@@ -658,6 +658,9 @@ int cpu_sparc_signal_handler(int host_signum, void *pinfo, void *puc);
 #define cpu_init(cpu_model) cpu_generic_init(TYPE_SPARC_CPU, cpu_model)
 #endif
 
+#define SPARC_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_SPARC_CPU
+#define SPARC_CPU_TYPE_NAME(model) model SPARC_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX
+
 #define cpu_signal_handler cpu_sparc_signal_handler
 #define cpu_list sparc_cpu_list