diff --git a/src/devices/pci_rom.c b/src/devices/pci_rom.c
index 702f010eb5..9eaea84115 100644
--- a/src/devices/pci_rom.c
+++ b/src/devices/pci_rom.c
@@ -31,32 +31,40 @@
 
 struct rom_header * pci_rom_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
-	unsigned long rom_address;
+	unsigned long rom_address = 0;
 	struct rom_header *rom_header;
 	struct pci_data *rom_data;
 
 	if (CONFIG_ROMFS) {
-		rom_address = (unsigned long) romfs_load_optionrom(dev->vendor, dev->device, NULL);
+		void *v;
 		/* if it's in FLASH, then it's as if dev->on_mainboard was true */
-		dev->on_mainboard = 1;
-		/* and we might as well set the address correctly */
-		dev->rom_address = rom_address;
-	} else if (dev->on_mainboard) {
+		v = romfs_load_optionrom(dev->vendor, dev->device, NULL);
+		printk_debug("In cbfs, rom address for %s = %lx\n", 
+				dev_path(dev), rom_address);
+		if (v) {
+			dev->rom_address = v;
+			dev->on_mainboard = 1;
+		}
+	} 
+
+	if (dev->on_mainboard) {
 		/* this is here as a legacy path. We hope it goes away soon. Users should not have to 
 		 * compute the ROM address at build time!
 		 */
                 // in case some device PCI_ROM_ADDRESS can not be set or readonly 
 		rom_address = dev->rom_address;
+		printk_debug("On mainboard, rom address for %s = %lx\n", 
+			dev_path(dev), rom_address);
         } else {
 		rom_address = pci_read_config32(dev, PCI_ROM_ADDRESS);
+		printk_debug("On card, rom address for %s = %lx\n", 
+				dev_path(dev), rom_address);
 	}
 
 	if (rom_address == 0x00000000 || rom_address == 0xffffffff) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	printk_debug("rom address for %s = %lx\n", dev_path(dev), rom_address);
-	
 	if(!dev->on_mainboard) {
 		/* enable expansion ROM address decoding */
 		pci_write_config32(dev, PCI_ROM_ADDRESS,
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Options.lb b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Options.lb
index b45f97be9c..a6e09ba1f3 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Options.lb
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Options.lb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ uses CONFIG_ROMFS
 default CONFIG_CONSOLE_SERIAL8250=1
 default DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=8
 default MAXIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=8
-default CONFIG_ROMFS=0
+default CONFIG_ROMFS=1
 
 ## ROM_SIZE is the size of boot ROM that this board will use.
 default ROM_SIZE  = 256*1024
diff --git a/targets/emulation/qemu-x86/Config.lb b/targets/emulation/qemu-x86/Config.lb
index 7bdfda5ad4..308371305f 100644
--- a/targets/emulation/qemu-x86/Config.lb
+++ b/targets/emulation/qemu-x86/Config.lb
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ option CC="gcc -m32"
 option HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE=1
 option IRQ_SLOT_COUNT=6
 
-romimage "image" 
+romimage "normal" 
 	option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000
 	option COREBOOT_EXTRA_VERSION="-GRUB2"
 #	payload /home/stepan/core.img
 	payload ../payload.elf
 end
 
-buildrom ./coreboot.rom ROM_SIZE "image"
+buildrom ./coreboot.rom ROM_SIZE "normal"