diff --git a/boards/qemu/x86/qemu_x86_atom_virt_defconfig b/boards/qemu/x86/qemu_x86_atom_virt_defconfig
index c06824e6004..f4a79e4d306 100644
--- a/boards/qemu/x86/qemu_x86_atom_virt_defconfig
+++ b/boards/qemu/x86/qemu_x86_atom_virt_defconfig
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_OFFSET=0
 
 CONFIG_LINKER_USE_BOOT_SECTION=y
 CONFIG_LINKER_USE_PINNED_SECTION=y
+
+# For now, the mapped stacks require physical addresses
+# and cannot deal with mapping a stack with virtual
+# address. So make sure memory mapped stack is not
+# enabled.
+CONFIG_THREAD_STACK_MEM_MAPPED=n