diff --git a/target/rx/cpu.h b/target/rx/cpu.h
index 8c1a4e448d..a0b6975963 100644
--- a/target/rx/cpu.h
+++ b/target/rx/cpu.h
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 #include "hw/registerfields.h"
 #include "qom/cpu.h"
 
-#define TYPE_RXCPU "rxcpu"
+#define TYPE_RX_CPU "rx-cpu"
 
 #define RXCPU_CLASS(klass)                                     \
-    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(RXCPUClass, (klass), TYPE_RXCPU)
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(RXCPUClass, (klass), TYPE_RX_CPU)
 #define RXCPU(obj) \
-    OBJECT_CHECK(RXCPU, (obj), TYPE_RXCPU)
+    OBJECT_CHECK(RXCPU, (obj), TYPE_RX_CPU)
 #define RXCPU_GET_CLASS(obj) \
-    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(RXCPUClass, (obj), TYPE_RXCPU)
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(RXCPUClass, (obj), TYPE_RX_CPU)
 
 /*
  * RXCPUClass:
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ static inline RXCPU *rx_env_get_cpu(CPURXState *env)
 
 #define ENV_OFFSET offsetof(RXCPU, env)
 
-#define RX_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_RXCPU
+#define RX_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_RX_CPU
 #define RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME(model) model RX_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX
-#define CPU_RESOLVING_TYPE TYPE_RXCPU
+#define CPU_RESOLVING_TYPE TYPE_RX_CPU
 
 extern const char rx_crname[][6];
 
diff --git a/hw/rx/rx-virt.c b/hw/rx/rx-virt.c
index 3deb7cb335..72a2989fcf 100644
--- a/hw/rx/rx-virt.c
+++ b/hw/rx/rx-virt.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void rxvirt_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->desc = "RX QEMU Virtual Target";
     mc->init = rxvirt_init;
     mc->is_default = 1;
-    mc->default_cpu_type = TYPE_RXCPU;
+    mc->default_cpu_type = RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rx62n");
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo rxvirt_type = {
diff --git a/hw/rx/rx62n.c b/hw/rx/rx62n.c
index c6660b75b4..3a8fe7b0bf 100644
--- a/hw/rx/rx62n.c
+++ b/hw/rx/rx62n.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void rx62n_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(s), "cpu", &s->cpu,
-                            sizeof(RXCPU), TYPE_RXCPU,
+                            sizeof(RXCPU), RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rx62n"),
                             errp, NULL);
     object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->cpu), true, "realized", errp);
 
diff --git a/target/rx/cpu.c b/target/rx/cpu.c
index 3268077d08..41fe1de4bb 100644
--- a/target/rx/cpu.c
+++ b/target/rx/cpu.c
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@ static void rx_cpu_list_entry(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
     const char *typename = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(data));
     int len = strlen(typename) - strlen(RX_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX);
 
-    qemu_printf("%.*s\n", len, typename);
+    qemu_printf("  %.*s\n", len, typename);
 }
 
 void rx_cpu_list(void)
 {
-    GSList *list;
-    list = object_class_get_list_sorted(TYPE_RXCPU, false);
+    GSList *list = object_class_get_list_sorted(TYPE_RX_CPU, false);
+
+    qemu_printf("Available CPUs:\n");
     g_slist_foreach(list, rx_cpu_list_entry, NULL);
     g_slist_free(list);
 }
@@ -88,15 +89,17 @@ void rx_cpu_list(void)
 static ObjectClass *rx_cpu_class_by_name(const char *cpu_model)
 {
     ObjectClass *oc;
-    char *typename = NULL;
+    char *typename;
 
-    typename = g_strdup_printf(RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME(""));
+    typename = g_strdup_printf(RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME("%s"), cpu_model);
     oc = object_class_by_name(typename);
-    if (oc != NULL && object_class_is_abstract(oc)) {
-        oc = NULL;
-    }
-
     g_free(typename);
+
+    if (oc == NULL ||
+        object_class_is_abstract(oc) ||
+        !object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_RX_CPU)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     return oc;
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ static void rx_cpu_init(Object *obj)
     qdev_init_gpio_in(DEVICE(cpu), rx_cpu_set_irq, 2);
 }
 
-static void rxcpu_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+static void rx_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(klass);
@@ -195,22 +198,28 @@ static void rxcpu_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     cc->gdb_num_core_regs = 26;
 }
 
-static const TypeInfo rxcpu_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_RXCPU,
+static const TypeInfo rx_cpu_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_RX_CPU,
     .parent = TYPE_CPU,
     .instance_size = sizeof(RXCPU),
     .instance_init = rx_cpu_init,
-    .abstract = false,
+    .abstract = true,
     .class_size = sizeof(RXCPUClass),
-    .class_init = rxcpu_class_init,
+    .class_init = rx_cpu_class_init,
 };
 
-static void rxcpu_register_types(void)
+static const TypeInfo rx62n_rx_cpu_info = {
+    .name = RX_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rx62n"),
+    .parent = TYPE_RX_CPU,
+};
+
+static void rx_cpu_register_types(void)
 {
-    type_register_static(&rxcpu_info);
+    type_register_static(&rx_cpu_info);
+    type_register_static(&rx62n_rx_cpu_info);
 }
 
-type_init(rxcpu_register_types)
+type_init(rx_cpu_register_types)
 
 static uint32_t extable[32];
 
