diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index 23f340df19..74f2dce81c 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ static void create_fdt(RISCVVirtState *s, const struct MemmapEntry *memmap,
     nodename = g_strdup_printf("/test@%lx",
         (long)memmap[VIRT_TEST].base);
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(fdt, nodename);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, nodename, "compatible", "sifive,test0");
+    {
+        const char compat[] = "sifive,test1\0sifive,test0";
+        qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, nodename, "compatible", compat, sizeof(compat));
+    }
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(fdt, nodename, "reg",
         0x0, memmap[VIRT_TEST].base,
         0x0, memmap[VIRT_TEST].size);