1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index de42d0f323..73d7d5818b 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -668,7 +668,10 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
             logger.info('QB_MEM is not set, use 512M by default')
             self.set('QB_MEM', '-m 512')
 
-        self.kernel_cmdline_script += ' mem=%s' % self.get('QB_MEM').replace('-m','').strip() + 'M'
+        mach = self.get('MACHINE')
+        if not mach.startswith('qemumips'):
+            self.kernel_cmdline_script += ' mem=%s' % self.get('QB_MEM').replace('-m','').strip() + 'M'
+
         self.qemu_opt_script += ' %s' % self.get('QB_MEM')
 
     def check_tcpserial(self):