diff --git a/default-configs/mips-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/mips-softmmu.mak
index 926709ae52d500875684a93ee461f3d47385899a..71177efdffdc233aba1aa15ad9cfdcab9584e4b5 100644
--- a/default-configs/mips-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/mips-softmmu.mak
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ CONFIG_JAZZ_LED=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_VT82C686=y
 CONFIG_ISA_TESTDEV=y
+CONFIG_EMPTY_SLOT=y
diff --git a/default-configs/mips64-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/mips64-softmmu.mak
index 0ef3f09c77cc14f22214d52e29f21c123f2aa046..617301b753459ac589e87f3b2ba115a41f19c725 100644
--- a/default-configs/mips64-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/mips64-softmmu.mak
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ CONFIG_JAZZ_LED=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_VT82C686=y
 CONFIG_ISA_TESTDEV=y
+CONFIG_EMPTY_SLOT=y
diff --git a/default-configs/mips64el-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/mips64el-softmmu.mak
index 60893182b36a3856107d60341b37bc64b287ca21..317b15136139eba358827f54463889b8370269d9 100644
--- a/default-configs/mips64el-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/mips64el-softmmu.mak
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ CONFIG_JAZZ_LED=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_VT82C686=y
 CONFIG_ISA_TESTDEV=y
+CONFIG_EMPTY_SLOT=y
diff --git a/default-configs/mipsel-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/mipsel-softmmu.mak
index cd59e2479a8871db6256bf58a51ccc5be1e03a5e..532a9aefbd4ac4e45c9699ca0657a6636e3370ce 100644
--- a/default-configs/mipsel-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/mipsel-softmmu.mak
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ CONFIG_JAZZ_LED=y
 CONFIG_MC146818RTC=y
 CONFIG_VT82C686=y
 CONFIG_ISA_TESTDEV=y
+CONFIG_EMPTY_SLOT=y
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index 0f5de338fafec6b345d412b20d641d9842ae0410..f8d064cec3cdd0e6db1f67be936eda0849ef6eb2 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "hw/empty_slot.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_BOARD_INIT
 
@@ -908,6 +909,11 @@ void mips_malta_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     DeviceState *dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_MIPS_MALTA);
     MaltaState *s = MIPS_MALTA(dev);
 
+    /* The whole address space decoded by the GT-64120A doesn't generate
+       exception when accessing invalid memory. Create an empty slot to
+       emulate this feature. */
+    empty_slot_init(0, 0x20000000);
+
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
     /* Make sure the first 3 serial ports are associated with a device. */