diff --git a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/linux-4.4.config b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/linux-4.4.config
index 51701b20a1..2d8e58d782 100644
--- a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/linux-4.4.config
+++ b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/linux-4.4.config
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
 # CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_XTENSA_VARIANT_DC232B=y
-# CONFIG_INITIALIZE_XTENSA_MMU_INSIDE_VMLINUX is not set
+CONFIG_XTENSA_VARIANT_DC233C=y
+CONFIG_INITIALIZE_XTENSA_MMU_INSIDE_VMLINUX=y
 CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_XTFPGA=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,38400"
diff --git a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/readme.txt b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/readme.txt
index 04393ea2b0..22f5e5a4ca 100644
--- a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
- qemu-system-xtensa -M lx60 -cpu dc232b -monitor null -nographic -kernel output/images/Image.elf
+ qemu-system-xtensa -M lx60 -cpu dc233c -monitor null -nographic -kernel output/images/Image.elf
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 2.3.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.5.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc232b.tar b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc233c.tar
similarity index 65%
rename from board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc232b.tar
rename to board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc233c.tar
index 77080e07b8..1a97d7a81d 100644
Binary files a/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc232b.tar and b/board/qemu/xtensa-lx60/xtensa_dc233c.tar differ
diff --git a/configs/qemu_xtensa_lx60_defconfig b/configs/qemu_xtensa_lx60_defconfig
index 4170bba3a4..e464c72e14 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_xtensa_lx60_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_xtensa_lx60_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Architecture
 BR2_xtensa=y
 BR2_XTENSA_CUSTOM=y
-BR2_XTENSA_CUSTOM_NAME="dc232b"
+BR2_XTENSA_CUSTOM_NAME="dc233c"
 BR2_XTENSA_CORE_NAME="lx60"
 BR2_XTENSA_OVERLAY_DIR="board/qemu/xtensa-lx60"