diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index f19758e1df..686341a0e2 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ static void create_fdt_reset(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     test_phandle = qemu_fdt_get_phandle(mc->fdt, name);
     g_free(name);
 
-    name = g_strdup_printf("/soc/reboot");
+    name = g_strdup_printf("/reboot");
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(mc->fdt, name);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_string(mc->fdt, name, "compatible", "syscon-reboot");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(mc->fdt, name, "regmap", test_phandle);
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static void create_fdt_reset(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(mc->fdt, name, "value", FINISHER_RESET);
     g_free(name);
 
-    name = g_strdup_printf("/soc/poweroff");
+    name = g_strdup_printf("/poweroff");
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(mc->fdt, name);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_string(mc->fdt, name, "compatible", "syscon-poweroff");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(mc->fdt, name, "regmap", test_phandle);