diff --git a/hw/riscv/sifive_test.c b/hw/riscv/sifive_test.c
index 0c78fb2c93..8c70dd69df 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/sifive_test.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/sifive_test.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps sifive_test_ops = {
     .write = sifive_test_write,
     .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
     .valid = {
-        .min_access_size = 4,
+        .min_access_size = 2,
         .max_access_size = 4
     }
 };