diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/p1025rdb_36b.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/p1025rdb_36b.dts
index 4ce4bfa0eda4..06deb6f341ba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/p1025rdb_36b.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/p1025rdb_36b.dts
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 				  0x0 0x100000>;
 		};
 	};
+
+	qe: qe@fffe80000 {
+		status = "disabled"; /* no firmware loaded */
+	};
+
 };
 
 /include/ "p1025rdb.dtsi"