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 c4c005db92..51c37364a2 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
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 KBRANCH_atom-pc  = "standard/common-pc/atom-pc"
-KBRANCH_genericx86  = "standard/common-pc/atom-pc"
+KBRANCH_genericx86  = "standard/common-pc/base"
 KBRANCH_routerstationpro = "standard/routerstationpro"
 KBRANCH_mpc8315e-rdb = "standard/fsl-mpc8315e-rdb"
 KBRANCH_beagleboard = "standard/beagleboard"
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_genericx86 = "genericx86"
 
 # routerstationpro has a flash size of 16mb
 KERNEL_IMAGE_MAXSIZE_routerstationpro = "16777216"
+
+KMACHINE_genericx86 = "common-pc"