diff --git a/arch/ppc/qemu/init.c b/arch/ppc/qemu/init.c
index 0d0db3a..b5888ef 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/qemu/init.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/qemu/init.c
@@ -526,9 +526,17 @@ static void kvm_of_init(void)
 	if (!fw_cfg_read_i32(FW_CFG_PPC_IS_KVM))
 		return;
 
-	push_str("/hypervisor");
+	push_str("/");
 	fword("find-device");
 
+	fword("new-device");
+
+	push_str("hypervisor");
+	fword("device-name");
+
+	push_str("hypervisor");
+	fword("device-type");
+
 	/* compatible */
 
 	push_str("linux,kvm");
@@ -567,6 +575,8 @@ static void kvm_of_init(void)
 	fword("encode-string");
 	push_str("guest-name");
 	fword("property");
+
+	fword("finish-device");
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/arch/ppc/qemu/tree.fs b/arch/ppc/qemu/tree.fs
index b7bb706..4d107a9 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/qemu/tree.fs
+++ b/arch/ppc/qemu/tree.fs
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ new-device
 	: close ;
 finish-device
 
-new-device
-	" hypervisor" device-name
-	" hypervisor" device-type
-finish-device
-
 \ -------------------------------------------------------------
 \ /packages
 \ -------------------------------------------------------------