diff --git a/configs/qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig b/configs/qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig
index f575c12..6b77714 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-riscv64_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-virt64"
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_VIRT=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_RV64I=y
 CONFIG_RISCV_SMODE=y