diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
index 723625bb14..d9575eb309 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/routerstationpro.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 KERNEL_IMAGE_STRIP_EXTRA_SECTIONS  = ".comment"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.4%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.8%"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"
 XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \