diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.16.config b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.17.config
similarity index 92%
rename from board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.16.config
rename to board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.17.config
index d31faf601b..53ef203912 100644
--- a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.16.config
+++ b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.17.config
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="rootfs.cpio"
-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_BASE_FULL is not set
@@ -31,11 +30,9 @@ CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
 # CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
 # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
-CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=8192
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
-CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_XILINX=y
 CONFIG_XILINX_EMACLITE=y
 # CONFIG_INPUT is not set
 # CONFIG_SERIO is not set
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set
-CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
 # CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set
 CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_CIFS=y
@@ -56,4 +52,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
 CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C=y
 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG is not set
+CONFIG_CRC16=y
diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
index 05a054af72..fdec3cbca8 100644
--- a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 2.1.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.1.2
diff --git a/configs/qemu_microblazeel_mmu_defconfig b/configs/qemu_microblazeel_mmu_defconfig
index 14b6cd9dc6..95d62b4794 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_microblazeel_mmu_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_microblazeel_mmu_defconfig
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyUL0"
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
 
-# Lock to 3.16 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+# Lock to 3.17 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.16.3"
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_16=y
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.17"
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_17=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.16.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.17"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.16.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.17.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LINUX_BIN=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH="board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/xilinx-xemaclite.patch"