diff --git a/arch/mips/qemu/q-irq.c b/arch/mips/qemu/q-irq.c
index 11f984767880b9e07f1c2b597779aa6ee2da6e79..7df36dbe65c702b039ef4ff6908b821a85302023 100644
--- a/arch/mips/qemu/q-irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/qemu/q-irq.c
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ void __init arch_init_irq(void)
 
 	mips_cpu_irq_init();
 	init_i8259_irqs();
-	set_c0_status(0x8400);
+	set_c0_status(0x400);
 }