diff --git a/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c b/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
index 290a290e43..06e3c9fdbf 100644
--- a/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
+++ b/hw/intc/spapr_xive.c
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ static void spapr_xive_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     /* Map all regions */
     spapr_xive_map_mmio(xive);
 
+    xive->nodename = g_strdup_printf("interrupt-controller@%" PRIx64,
+                           xive->tm_base + XIVE_TM_USER_PAGE * (1 << TM_SHIFT));
+
     qemu_register_reset(spapr_xive_reset, dev);
 }
 
@@ -1448,7 +1451,6 @@ void spapr_dt_xive(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, uint32_t nr_servers, void *fdt,
         cpu_to_be32(7),    /* start */
         cpu_to_be32(0xf8), /* count */
     };
-    gchar *nodename;
 
     /* Thread Interrupt Management Area : User (ring 3) and OS (ring 2) */
     timas[0] = cpu_to_be64(xive->tm_base +
@@ -1458,10 +1460,7 @@ void spapr_dt_xive(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, uint32_t nr_servers, void *fdt,
                            XIVE_TM_OS_PAGE * (1ull << TM_SHIFT));
     timas[3] = cpu_to_be64(1ull << TM_SHIFT);
 
-    nodename = g_strdup_printf("interrupt-controller@%" PRIx64,
-                           xive->tm_base + XIVE_TM_USER_PAGE * (1 << TM_SHIFT));
-    _FDT(node = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, nodename));
-    g_free(nodename);
+    _FDT(node = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, xive->nodename));
 
     _FDT(fdt_setprop_string(fdt, node, "device_type", "power-ivpe"));
     _FDT(fdt_setprop(fdt, node, "reg", timas, sizeof(timas)));
diff --git a/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c b/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
index e2d8b38183..53bda6661b 100644
--- a/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
+++ b/hw/intc/xics_spapr.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void spapr_dt_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, uint32_t nr_servers, void *fdt,
     };
     int node;
 
-    _FDT(node = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, "interrupt-controller"));
+    _FDT(node = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, XICS_NODENAME));
 
     _FDT(fdt_setprop_string(fdt, node, "device_type",
                             "PowerPC-External-Interrupt-Presentation"));
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
index 4297eed600..359761494c 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.c
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ static void spapr_irq_reset_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp)
     /* TODO: create the KVM XICS device */
 }
 
+static const char *spapr_irq_get_nodename_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    return XICS_NODENAME;
+}
+
 #define SPAPR_IRQ_XICS_NR_IRQS     0x1000
 #define SPAPR_IRQ_XICS_NR_MSIS     \
     (XICS_IRQ_BASE + SPAPR_IRQ_XICS_NR_IRQS - SPAPR_IRQ_MSI)
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ sPAPRIrq spapr_irq_xics = {
     .post_load   = spapr_irq_post_load_xics,
     .reset       = spapr_irq_reset_xics,
     .set_irq     = spapr_irq_set_irq_xics,
+    .get_nodename = spapr_irq_get_nodename_xics,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -384,6 +390,11 @@ static void spapr_irq_set_irq_xive(void *opaque, int srcno, int val)
     xive_source_set_irq(&spapr->xive->source, srcno, val);
 }
 
+static const char *spapr_irq_get_nodename_xive(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    return spapr->xive->nodename;
+}
+
 /*
  * XIVE uses the full IRQ number space. Set it to 8K to be compatible
  * with XICS.
@@ -407,6 +418,7 @@ sPAPRIrq spapr_irq_xive = {
     .post_load   = spapr_irq_post_load_xive,
     .reset       = spapr_irq_reset_xive,
     .set_irq     = spapr_irq_set_irq_xive,
+    .get_nodename = spapr_irq_get_nodename_xive,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -541,6 +553,11 @@ static void spapr_irq_set_irq_dual(void *opaque, int srcno, int val)
     spapr_irq_current(spapr)->set_irq(spapr, srcno, val);
 }
 
+static const char *spapr_irq_get_nodename_dual(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    return spapr_irq_current(spapr)->get_nodename(spapr);
+}
+
 /*
  * Define values in sync with the XIVE and XICS backend
  */
@@ -561,7 +578,8 @@ sPAPRIrq spapr_irq_dual = {
     .cpu_intc_create = spapr_irq_cpu_intc_create_dual,
     .post_load   = spapr_irq_post_load_dual,
     .reset       = spapr_irq_reset_dual,
-    .set_irq     = spapr_irq_set_irq_dual
+    .set_irq     = spapr_irq_set_irq_dual,
+    .get_nodename = spapr_irq_get_nodename_dual,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -691,4 +709,5 @@ sPAPRIrq spapr_irq_xics_legacy = {
     .cpu_intc_create = spapr_irq_cpu_intc_create_xics,
     .post_load   = spapr_irq_post_load_xics,
     .set_irq     = spapr_irq_set_irq_xics,
+    .get_nodename = spapr_irq_get_nodename_xics,
 };
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
index 488511c3d8..8bf1a72919 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_irq.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ typedef struct sPAPRIrq {
     int (*post_load)(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int version_id);
     void (*reset)(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp);
     void (*set_irq)(void *opaque, int srcno, int val);
+    const char *(*get_nodename)(sPAPRMachineState *spapr);
 } sPAPRIrq;
 
 extern sPAPRIrq spapr_irq_xics;
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_xive.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_xive.h
index 9bec9192e4..2d31f24e3b 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_xive.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_xive.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ typedef struct sPAPRXive {
     XiveENDSource end_source;
     hwaddr        end_base;
 
+    /* DT */
+    gchar *nodename;
+
     /* Routing table */
     XiveEAS       *eat;
     uint32_t      nr_irqs;
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h
index b1ab27d022..b8d924baf4 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/xics_spapr.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 
+#define XICS_NODENAME "interrupt-controller"
+
 void spapr_dt_xics(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, uint32_t nr_servers, void *fdt,
                    uint32_t phandle);
 int xics_kvm_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp);