diff --git a/target-microblaze/translate.c b/target-microblaze/translate.c
index 31e8306ef3..41beb0a8e8 100644
--- a/target-microblaze/translate.c
+++ b/target-microblaze/translate.c
@@ -1850,6 +1850,7 @@ CPUState *cpu_mb_init (const char *cpu_model)
 
     cpu_exec_init(env);
     cpu_reset(env);
+    qemu_init_vcpu(env);
     set_float_rounding_mode(float_round_nearest_even, &env->fp_status);
 
     if (tcg_initialized)