diff --git a/qemu/target-i386/cpu.c b/qemu/target-i386/cpu.c
index 6a2c08e1..0acbca6f 100644
--- a/qemu/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/qemu/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_load_def(X86CPU *cpu, X86CPUDefinition *def, Error **errp)
     object_property_set_int(env->uc, OBJECT(cpu), def->model, "model", errp);
     object_property_set_int(env->uc, OBJECT(cpu), def->stepping, "stepping", errp);
     object_property_set_int(env->uc, OBJECT(cpu), def->xlevel, "xlevel", errp);
-    env->cpuid_xlevel2 = def->xlevel2;
+    object_property_set_int(env->uc, OBJECT(cpu), def->xlevel2, "xlevel2", errp);
     cpu->cache_info_passthrough = def->cache_info_passthrough;
     object_property_set_str(env->uc, OBJECT(cpu), def->model_id, "model-id", errp);
     for (w = 0; w < FEATURE_WORDS; w++) {