diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c
index 9e8876be29..241389d72f 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/virt.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static void create_fdt_sockets(RISCVVirtState *s, const MemMapEntry *memmap,
     qemu_fdt_add_subnode(ms->fdt, "/cpus");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, "/cpus", "timebase-frequency",
                           kvm_enabled() ?
-                          kvm_riscv_get_timebase_frequency(RISCV_CPU(first_cpu)) :
+                          kvm_riscv_get_timebase_frequency(&s->soc->harts[0]) :
                           RISCV_ACLINT_DEFAULT_TIMEBASE_FREQ);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, "/cpus", "#size-cells", 0x0);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(ms->fdt, "/cpus", "#address-cells", 0x1);