diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
index c304d009eb..595795bf9a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Yocto Kernel"
 SECTION = "kernel"
-LICENSE = "GPL"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7"