diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.3.config b/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.4.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.3.config
rename to board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.4.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
index 0e21a3c9b..0288df508 100644
--- a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ Run the emulation with:
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer. No keyboard support has been
 enabled.
+
+Tested with QEMU 1.1.1
diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
index 57f3ae141..f9ec326fb 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ BR2_mips_32r2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Lock to 3.3 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
-BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_3=y
+# Lock to 3.4 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_4=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.3.7"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.4.7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.3.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.4.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
 
 # Serial port config