diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
index 7e09b07..2112ae4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                 kernel-$2 {
                         description = "Linux kernel";
                         data = /incbin/("$3");
-                        type = "kernel";
+                        type = "${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_KERNEL_TYPE}";
                         arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
                         os = "linux";
                         compression = "$4";