diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc64.conf
index a35c40b592..5f4f68b981 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuppc64.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;hvc0"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-ppc64"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine pseries"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu POWER9"
-QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=hvc0"
+QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=hvc0 nohugevmalloc"
 #QB_OPT_APPEND += "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"