diff --git a/hw/arm/armsse.c b/hw/arm/armsse.c
index 170dea8632de..2e5d0679e7bc 100644
--- a/hw/arm/armsse.c
+++ b/hw/arm/armsse.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct ARMSSEDeviceInfo {
 
 struct ARMSSEInfo {
     const char *name;
+    const char *cpu_type;
     uint32_t sse_version;
     int sram_banks;
     int num_cpus;
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ static const ARMSSEInfo armsse_variants[] = {
     {
         .name = TYPE_IOTKIT,
         .sse_version = ARMSSE_IOTKIT,
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-m33"),
         .sram_banks = 1,
         .num_cpus = 1,
         .sys_version = 0x41743,
@@ -519,6 +521,7 @@ static const ARMSSEInfo armsse_variants[] = {
     {
         .name = TYPE_SSE200,
         .sse_version = ARMSSE_SSE200,
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-m33"),
         .sram_banks = 4,
         .num_cpus = 2,
         .sys_version = 0x22041743,
@@ -537,6 +540,7 @@ static const ARMSSEInfo armsse_variants[] = {
     {
         .name = TYPE_SSE300,
         .sse_version = ARMSSE_SSE300,
+        .cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-m55"),
         .sram_banks = 2,
         .num_cpus = 1,
         .sys_version = 0x7e00043b,
@@ -719,8 +723,7 @@ static void armsse_init(Object *obj)
         name = g_strdup_printf("armv7m%d", i);
         object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->cluster[i]), name, &s->armv7m[i],
                                 TYPE_ARMV7M);
-        qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->armv7m[i]), "cpu-type",
-                             ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-m33"));
+        qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->armv7m[i]), "cpu-type", info->cpu_type);
         g_free(name);
         name = g_strdup_printf("arm-sse-cpu-container%d", i);
         memory_region_init(&s->cpu_container[i], obj, name, UINT64_MAX);