diff --git a/wally-pipelined/config/busybear/wally-config.vh b/wally-pipelined/config/busybear/wally-config.vh
index 81e4949a2..3a6195985 100644
--- a/wally-pipelined/config/busybear/wally-config.vh
+++ b/wally-pipelined/config/busybear/wally-config.vh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////
 
 `define BUSYBEAR
+`define BUSYBEAR_FIX_READ {'h10000005}
 // RV32 or RV64: XLEN = 32 or 64
 `define XLEN 64
 
diff --git a/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv b/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
index f1315e967..81f97ecc2 100644
--- a/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
+++ b/wally-pipelined/testbench/testbench-busybear.sv
@@ -205,9 +205,16 @@ module testbench_busybear();
         `ERROR
       end
       if ((readMask & HRDATA) !== (readMask & dut.HRDATA)) begin
-        $display("warning %0t ps, instr %0d: ExpectedHRDATA does not equal dut.HRDATA: %x, %x from address %x, %x", $time, instrs, HRDATA, dut.HRDATA, HADDR, HSIZE);
-        warningCount += 1;
-        `ERROR
+        if (HADDR inside `BUSYBEAR_FIX_READ) begin
+          $display("warning %0t ps, instr %0d, adr %0d: forcing HRDATA to expected: %x, %x", $time, instrs, HADDR, HRDATA, dut.HRDATA);
+          force dut.uncore.HRDATA = HRDATA;
+          #9;
+          release dut.uncore.HRDATA;
+          warningCount += 1;
+        end else begin
+          $display("%0t ps, instr %0d: ExpectedHRDATA does not equal dut.HRDATA: %x, %x from address %x, %x", $time, instrs, HRDATA, dut.HRDATA, HADDR, HSIZE);
+          `ERROR
+        end
       end
     //end else if(dut.hart.MemRWM[1]) begin
     //  $display("%x, %x, %x, %t", HADDR, dut.PCF, dut.HRDATA, $time);