diff --git a/include/hw/compat.h b/include/hw/compat.h
index 4a43466f0369..ef996be22263 100644
--- a/include/hw/compat.h
+++ b/include/hw/compat.h
@@ -2,7 +2,71 @@
 #define HW_COMPAT_H
 
 #define HW_COMPAT_2_3 \
-        /* empty */
+        {\
+            .driver   = "qemu64" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(4),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "kvm64" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(5),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "pentium3" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(2),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "n270" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(5),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Conroe" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(4),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Penryn" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(4),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Nehalem" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "level",\
+            .value    = stringify(4),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "n270" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Penryn" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Nehalem" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Westmere" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "SandyBridge" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Haswell" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Haswell-noTSX" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Broadwell" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "Broadwell-noTSX" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "xlevel",\
+            .value    = stringify(0x8000000a),\
+        },
 
 #define HW_COMPAT_2_2 \
         /* empty */
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 4e7cdaaaa57e..d392cf46f517 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ struct X86CPUDefinition {
 static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
     {
         .name = "qemu64",
-        .level = 4,
+        .level = 0xd,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_AMD,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 6,
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
     },
     {
         .name = "kvm64",
-        .level = 5,
+        .level = 0xd,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 15,
         .model = 6,
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
     },
     {
         .name = "pentium3",
-        .level = 2,
+        .level = 3,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 7,
@@ -889,8 +889,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
     },
     {
         .name = "n270",
-        /* original is on level 10 */
-        .level = 5,
+        .level = 10,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 28,
@@ -910,12 +909,12 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT2_NX,
         .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270   @ 1.60GHz",
     },
     {
         .name = "Conroe",
-        .level = 4,
+        .level = 10,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 15,
@@ -932,12 +931,12 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_NX | CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL,
         .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)",
     },
     {
         .name = "Penryn",
-        .level = 4,
+        .level = 10,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 23,
@@ -955,12 +954,12 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_NX | CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL,
         .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2)",
     },
     {
         .name = "Nehalem",
-        .level = 4,
+        .level = 11,
         .vendor = CPUID_VENDOR_INTEL,
         .family = 6,
         .model = 26,
@@ -978,7 +977,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL | CPUID_EXT2_NX,
         .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7)",
     },
     {
@@ -1002,7 +1001,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL | CPUID_EXT2_NX,
         .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C)",
     },
     {
@@ -1031,7 +1030,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)",
     },
     {
@@ -1063,7 +1062,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_EXT3_LAHF_LM,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge)",
     },
     {
@@ -1097,7 +1096,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_7_0_EBX_BMI2 | CPUID_7_0_EBX_ERMS | CPUID_7_0_EBX_INVPCID,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX)",
     },    {
         .name = "Haswell",
@@ -1131,7 +1130,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_7_0_EBX_RTM,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core Processor (Haswell)",
     },
     {
@@ -1167,7 +1166,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_7_0_EBX_SMAP,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX)",
     },
     {
@@ -1203,7 +1202,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
             CPUID_7_0_EBX_SMAP,
         .features[FEAT_XSAVE] =
             CPUID_XSAVE_XSAVEOPT,
-        .xlevel = 0x8000000A,
+        .xlevel = 0x80000008,
         .model_id = "Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)",
     },
     {
