diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/disable_CONFIG_USB.cfg b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/disable_CONFIG_USB.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d2509982b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/disable_CONFIG_USB.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# CONFIG_USB is not set
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-common.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-common.inc
index a77c49cb8b..6cd9c39430 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-common.inc
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ SRCREV = "34820924edbc4ec7803eb89d9852f4b870fa760a"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=v${PV}"
 
-# workaround for aarch64 kvm qemu boot regression
-SRC_URI:append:qemuarm64 = " file://disable-CONFIG_BLOBLIST.cfg"
-SRC_URI:append:genericarm64 = " file://disable-CONFIG_BLOBLIST.cfg"
+# workarounds for aarch64 kvm qemu boot regressions
+SRC_URI:append:qemuarm64 = " file://disable-CONFIG_BLOBLIST.cfg file://disable_CONFIG_USB.cfg"
+SRC_URI:append:genericarm64 = " file://disable-CONFIG_BLOBLIST.cfg file://disable_CONFIG_USB.cfg"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 B = "${WORKDIR}/build"