diff --git a/target/arm/cpu64.c b/target/arm/cpu64.c
index fa58211f7e..dbd06ccc24 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu64.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu64.c
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ static void cpu_max_set_sve_max_vq(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     cpu->sve_max_vq = max_vq;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that cpu_arm_get/set_sve_vq cannot use the simpler
+ * object_property_add_bool interface because they make use
+ * of the contents of "name" to determine which bit on which
+ * to operate.
+ */
 static void cpu_arm_get_sve_vq(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
                                void *opaque, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -529,26 +535,17 @@ static void cpu_arm_set_sve_vq(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     set_bit(vq - 1, cpu->sve_vq_init);
 }
 
-static void cpu_arm_get_sve(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
-                            void *opaque, Error **errp)
+static bool cpu_arm_get_sve(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
-    bool value = cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sve, cpu);
-
-    visit_type_bool(v, name, &value, errp);
+    return cpu_isar_feature(aa64_sve, cpu);
 }
 
-static void cpu_arm_set_sve(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
-                            void *opaque, Error **errp)
+static void cpu_arm_set_sve(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(obj);
-    bool value;
     uint64_t t;
 
-    if (!visit_type_bool(v, name, &value, errp)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (value && kvm_enabled() && !kvm_arm_sve_supported()) {
         error_setg(errp, "'sve' feature not supported by KVM on this host");
         return;
@@ -563,8 +560,7 @@ void aarch64_add_sve_properties(Object *obj)
 {
     uint32_t vq;
 
-    object_property_add(obj, "sve", "bool", cpu_arm_get_sve,
-                        cpu_arm_set_sve, NULL, NULL);
+    object_property_add_bool(obj, "sve", cpu_arm_get_sve, cpu_arm_set_sve);
 
     for (vq = 1; vq <= ARM_MAX_VQ; ++vq) {
         char name[8];