diff --git a/configs/qemu-riscv32_smode_defconfig b/configs/qemu-riscv32_smode_defconfig
index 4d65104..1940608 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-riscv32_smode_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-riscv32_smode_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x800000
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x20000
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-virt32"
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_VIRT=y
 CONFIG_RISCV_SMODE=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y