diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig b/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
index c4973cc47f3..3ef7989085b 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ CONFIG_QEMU_ICOUNT_SHIFT=5
 CONFIG_SRAM_OFFSET=0x100000
 CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_SIZE=0x400000
 CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_BASE=0x40000000
-CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_OFFSET=0x100000
+CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_OFFSET=0