diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu-qom.h b/target/s390x/cpu-qom.h
index 2435cd8390..2e446fab51 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu-qom.h
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu-qom.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ typedef struct S390CPUClass {
     bool is_migration_safe;
     const char *desc;
 
-    int64_t next_cpu_id;
+    uint32_t next_core_id;
 
     DeviceRealize parent_realize;
     void (*parent_reset)(CPUState *cpu);
diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu.c b/target/s390x/cpu.c
index 87ebbe5b28..8c1c644057 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu.c
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void s390_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 #else
     /* implicitly set for linux-user only */
-    cpu->env.core_id = scc->next_cpu_id;
+    cpu->env.core_id = scc->next_core_id;
 #endif
 
     if (cpu_exists(cpu->env.core_id)) {
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ static void s390_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                    ", it already exists", cpu->env.core_id);
         goto out;
     }
-    if (cpu->env.core_id != scc->next_cpu_id) {
+    if (cpu->env.core_id != scc->next_core_id) {
         error_setg(&err, "Unable to add CPU with core-id: %" PRIu32
-                   ", the next available core-id is %" PRIi64, cpu->env.core_id,
-                   scc->next_cpu_id);
+                   ", the next available core-id is %" PRIu32, cpu->env.core_id,
+                   scc->next_core_id);
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void s390_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     if (err != NULL) {
         goto out;
     }
-    scc->next_cpu_id++;
+    scc->next_core_id++;
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
     qemu_register_reset(s390_cpu_machine_reset_cb, cpu);
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ static void s390_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(scc);
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
-    scc->next_cpu_id = 0;
     scc->parent_realize = dc->realize;
     dc->realize = s390_cpu_realizefn;
     dc->props = s390x_cpu_properties;