diff --git a/src/arch/x86/process.cc b/src/arch/x86/process.cc
index 10833783fd..71615a862f 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/process.cc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/process.cc
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ X86_64Process::initState()
 
             tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Mxcsr, 0x1f80);
             tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Ftw, 0xffff);
+            tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Fcw, 0x037f);
 
             tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::ApicBase, 0xfee00900);
 
@@ -617,6 +618,7 @@ X86_64Process::initState()
 
             tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Mxcsr, 0x1f80);
             tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Ftw, 0xffff);
+            tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Fcw, 0x037f);
 
             // Setting CR3 to the process pid so that concatinated
             // page addr with lower 12 bits of CR3 can be used in SE
@@ -752,6 +754,7 @@ I386Process::initState()
 
         tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Mxcsr, 0x1f80);
         tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Ftw, 0xffff);
+        tc->setMiscReg(misc_reg::Fcw, 0x037f);
     }
 }