diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
index 3b898f8e0b..acf07e182f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dummy.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SECTION = "kernel"
 SUMMARY = "Dummy Linux kernel"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/COPYING.GPL;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"