diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.8.bbappend b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.8.bbappend
index 479a3860b7..af8ac6cdf0 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.8.bbappend
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.8.bbappend
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "mpc8315e-rdb"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_routerstationpro = "routerstationpro"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_beagleboard = "beagleboard"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_atom-pc = "atom-pc"
+
+# routerstationpro has a flash size of 16mb
+KERNEL_IMAGE_MAXSIZE_routerstationpro = "16777216"