diff --git a/target/mips/fpu_helper.h b/target/mips/fpu_helper.h
index ad1116e8c10..7c3c7897b45 100644
--- a/target/mips/fpu_helper.h
+++ b/target/mips/fpu_helper.h
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ static inline void restore_fp_status(CPUMIPSState *env)
     restore_snan_bit_mode(env);
 }
 
+static inline void fp_reset(CPUMIPSState *env)
+{
+    restore_fp_status(env);
+
+    /*
+     * According to MIPS specifications, if one of the two operands is
+     * a sNaN, a new qNaN has to be generated. This is done in
+     * floatXX_silence_nan(). For qNaN inputs the specifications
+     * says: "When possible, this QNaN result is one of the operand QNaN
+     * values." In practice it seems that most implementations choose
+     * the first operand if both operands are qNaN. In short this gives
+     * the following rules:
+     *  1. A if it is signaling
+     *  2. B if it is signaling
+     *  3. A (quiet)
+     *  4. B (quiet)
+     * A signaling NaN is always silenced before returning it.
+     */
+    set_float_2nan_prop_rule(float_2nan_prop_s_ab,
+                             &env->active_fpu.fp_status);
+}
+
 /* MSA */
 
 enum CPUMIPSMSADataFormat {
diff --git a/target/mips/cpu.c b/target/mips/cpu.c
index 9724e71a5e0..d0a43b6d5c7 100644
--- a/target/mips/cpu.c
+++ b/target/mips/cpu.c
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ static void mips_cpu_reset_hold(Object *obj, ResetType type)
     }
 
     msa_reset(env);
+    fp_reset(env);
 
     compute_hflags(env);
-    restore_fp_status(env);
     restore_pamask(env);
     cs->exception_index = EXCP_NONE;
 
diff --git a/target/mips/msa.c b/target/mips/msa.c
index 61f1a9a5936..9dffc428f5c 100644
--- a/target/mips/msa.c
+++ b/target/mips/msa.c
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ void msa_reset(CPUMIPSState *env)
     set_float_detect_tininess(float_tininess_after_rounding,
                               &env->active_tc.msa_fp_status);
 
+    /*
+     * According to MIPS specifications, if one of the two operands is
+     * a sNaN, a new qNaN has to be generated. This is done in
+     * floatXX_silence_nan(). For qNaN inputs the specifications
+     * says: "When possible, this QNaN result is one of the operand QNaN
+     * values." In practice it seems that most implementations choose
+     * the first operand if both operands are qNaN. In short this gives
+     * the following rules:
+     *  1. A if it is signaling
+     *  2. B if it is signaling
+     *  3. A (quiet)
+     *  4. B (quiet)
+     * A signaling NaN is always silenced before returning it.
+     */
+    set_float_2nan_prop_rule(float_2nan_prop_s_ab,
+                             &env->active_tc.msa_fp_status);
+
     /* clear float_status exception flags */
     set_float_exception_flags(0, &env->active_tc.msa_fp_status);
 
diff --git a/fpu/softfloat-specialize.c.inc b/fpu/softfloat-specialize.c.inc
index 70cd3628b54..c60b999aa3d 100644
--- a/fpu/softfloat-specialize.c.inc
+++ b/fpu/softfloat-specialize.c.inc
@@ -402,24 +402,10 @@ static int pickNaN(FloatClass a_cls, FloatClass b_cls,
         /* target didn't set the rule: fall back to old ifdef choices */
 #if defined(TARGET_AVR) || defined(TARGET_HEXAGON) \
     || defined(TARGET_RISCV) || defined(TARGET_SH4) \
-    || defined(TARGET_TRICORE) || defined(TARGET_ARM)
+    || defined(TARGET_TRICORE) || defined(TARGET_ARM) || defined(TARGET_MIPS)
         g_assert_not_reached();
-#elif defined(TARGET_MIPS) || defined(TARGET_HPPA) || \
+#elif defined(TARGET_HPPA) || \
     defined(TARGET_LOONGARCH64) || defined(TARGET_S390X)
-        /*
-         * According to MIPS specifications, if one of the two operands is
-         * a sNaN, a new qNaN has to be generated. This is done in
-         * floatXX_silence_nan(). For qNaN inputs the specifications
-         * says: "When possible, this QNaN result is one of the operand QNaN
-         * values." In practice it seems that most implementations choose
-         * the first operand if both operands are qNaN. In short this gives
-         * the following rules:
-         *  1. A if it is signaling
-         *  2. B if it is signaling
-         *  3. A (quiet)
-         *  4. B (quiet)
-         * A signaling NaN is always silenced before returning it.
-         */
         rule = float_2nan_prop_s_ab;
 #elif defined(TARGET_PPC) || defined(TARGET_M68K)
         /*
