diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
index b1c2ae194e..e8f377fd5d 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "screen keyboard pci usbhost ext2 ext3 x86 wifi acpi alsa"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
 
 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 \
            xserver-xorg-extension-glx \