diff --git a/hw/openrisc/openrisc_sim.c b/hw/openrisc/openrisc_sim.c
index e1eeffc490..243d8020db 100644
--- a/hw/openrisc/openrisc_sim.c
+++ b/hw/openrisc/openrisc_sim.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void openrisc_sim_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     for (n = 0; n < smp_cpus; n++) {
-        cpu = cpu_openrisc_init(cpu_model);
+        cpu = OPENRISC_CPU(cpu_generic_init(TYPE_OPENRISC_CPU, cpu_model));
         if (cpu == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find CPU definition!\n");
             exit(1);
diff --git a/target/openrisc/cpu.c b/target/openrisc/cpu.c
index 1d6330cbcc..a979f0bf8b 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/cpu.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/cpu.c
@@ -210,11 +210,6 @@ static void openrisc_cpu_register_types(void)
     }
 }
 
-OpenRISCCPU *cpu_openrisc_init(const char *cpu_model)
-{
-    return OPENRISC_CPU(cpu_generic_init(TYPE_OPENRISC_CPU, cpu_model));
-}
-
 /* Sort alphabetically by type name, except for "any". */
 static gint openrisc_cpu_list_compare(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 {
diff --git a/target/openrisc/cpu.h b/target/openrisc/cpu.h
index 2721432c4f..f51b89a11c 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/openrisc/cpu.h
@@ -347,8 +347,6 @@ static inline OpenRISCCPU *openrisc_env_get_cpu(CPUOpenRISCState *env)
 
 #define ENV_OFFSET offsetof(OpenRISCCPU, env)
 
-OpenRISCCPU *cpu_openrisc_init(const char *cpu_model);
-
 void cpu_openrisc_list(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf);
 void openrisc_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cpu);
 bool openrisc_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cpu, int int_req);
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ int cpu_openrisc_get_phys_data(OpenRISCCPU *cpu,
                                int *prot, target_ulong address, int rw);
 #endif
 
-#define cpu_init(cpu_model) CPU(cpu_openrisc_init(cpu_model))
+#define cpu_init(cpu_model) cpu_generic_init(TYPE_OPENRISC_CPU, cpu_model)
 
 #include "exec/cpu-all.h"