diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/arm64.py b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/arm64.py
index 67d04064f785..d3ff27024755 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/arm64.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/arm64.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y''',
 			   qemu_arch='aarch64',
 			   kernel_path='arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz',
 			   kernel_command_line='console=ttyAMA0',
-			   extra_qemu_params=['-machine', 'virt', '-cpu', 'cortex-a57'])
+			   extra_qemu_params=['-machine', 'virt', '-cpu', 'max,pauth-impdef=on'])