diff --git a/run_config/fvp-aemv8a.invalid_nvcounter b/run_config/fvp-aemv8a.invalid_nvcounter
index d0cf71c..8b242aa 100644
--- a/run_config/fvp-aemv8a.invalid_nvcounter
+++ b/run_config/fvp-aemv8a.invalid_nvcounter
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@
 	# image is expected to fail.
 	uart="0" file="trusted-firmware-load-error.exp" track_expect
 	model="base-aemv8a" nvcounter_diag="4" gen_model_params
+
+	model="base-aemv8a" \
+	model_bin="FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A" \
+	       gen_fvp_yaml
 }