diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index f6c4c8d7a30b9b6dcbda37ee5024bc9182020fea..9ade1bfabd8fa3e9dbb1072012f42264761d0f3b 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ int have_guest_base;
  * This way we will never overlap with our own libraries or binaries or stack
  * or anything else that QEMU maps.
  */
+# ifdef TARGET_MIPS
+/* MIPS only supports 31 bits of virtual address space for user space */
+unsigned long reserved_va = 0x77000000;
+# else
 unsigned long reserved_va = 0xf7000000;
+# endif
 #else
 unsigned long reserved_va;
 #endif