diff --git a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
index c62c221696..3b99c8c9e3 100644
--- a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ void riscv_cpu_validate_set_extensions(RISCVCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (mcc->misa_mxl_max == MXL_RV32 && cpu->cfg.ext_svukte) {
+        error_setg(errp, "svukte is not supported for RV32");
+        return;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Disable isa extensions based on priv spec after we
      * validated and set everything we need.