diff --git a/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig b/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
index 5cd2245..de82869 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS=0x80200000
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO=y
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO=y
+CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x100000
 CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE=256
 CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE=276
 # CONFIG_CMD_MII is not set