diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 0174c4d..43601a3 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,8 @@ static void cpudef_2_x86_cpu(X86CPU *cpu, x86_def_t *def, Error **errp)
     env->cpuid_ext4_features = def->ext4_features;
     env->cpuid_7_0_ebx = def->cpuid_7_0_ebx_features;
     env->cpuid_xlevel2 = def->xlevel2;
+
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), true, "hypervisor", errp);
 }
 
 /* convert legacy cpumodel string to string cpu_name and
@@ -1176,8 +1178,6 @@ static int cpu_x86_find_by_name(X86CPU *cpu, x86_def_t *x86_cpu_def,
     /* not supported bits will be filtered out later */
     env->cpuid_kvm_features = ~0;
 
-    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), true, "hypervisor", errp);
-
     for (ent = qdict_first(features); ent; ent = qdict_next(features, ent)) {
         const QString *qval = qobject_to_qstring(qdict_entry_value(ent));
         object_property_parse(OBJECT(cpu), qstring_get_str(qval),