diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.c b/target/riscv/cpu.c
index e9cf950d6b..71bdedc9bb 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.c
@@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ const RISCVCPUMultiExtConfig riscv_cpu_extensions[] = {
 
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("smepmp", ext_smepmp, false),
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("smstateen", ext_smstateen, false),
+    MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("svade", ext_svade, false),
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("svadu", ext_svadu, true),
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("svinval", ext_svinval, false),
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("svnapot", ext_svnapot, false),
@@ -1589,7 +1590,6 @@ const RISCVCPUMultiExtConfig riscv_cpu_experimental_exts[] = {
  * and priv_ver like regular extensions.
  */
 const RISCVCPUMultiExtConfig riscv_cpu_named_features[] = {
-    MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("svade", ext_svade, true),
     MULTI_EXT_CFG_BOOL("zic64b", ext_zic64b, true),
 
     /*
@@ -2237,8 +2237,6 @@ static RISCVCPUProfile RVA22U64 = {
  * Other named features that we already implement: Sstvecd, Sstvala,
  * Sscounterenw
  *
- * Named features that we need to enable: svade
- *
  * The remaining features/extensions comes from RVA22U64.
  */
 static RISCVCPUProfile RVA22S64 = {
@@ -2250,10 +2248,7 @@ static RISCVCPUProfile RVA22S64 = {
     .ext_offsets = {
         /* rva22s64 exts */
         CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zifencei), CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_svpbmt),
-        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_svinval),
-
-        /* rva22s64 named features */
-        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_svade),
+        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_svinval), CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_svade),
 
         RISCV_PROFILE_EXT_LIST_END
     }
diff --git a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
index ccfb7b2dd3..ab6db817db 100644
--- a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,12 @@ static void riscv_init_max_cpu_extensions(Object *obj)
         isa_ext_update_enabled(cpu, prop->offset, true);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Some extensions can't be added without backward compatibilty concerns.
+     * Disable those, the user can still opt in to them on the command line.
+     */
+    cpu->cfg.ext_svade = false;
+
     /* set vector version */
     env->vext_ver = VEXT_VERSION_1_00_0;