diff --git a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
index 77250f8aa7..62aee753ae 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ BR2_sparc_supersparc=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
+# Lock to 3.3 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_3=y
+
 # Linux kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.3"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.3.4"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sparc32"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y