diff --git a/include/target.mk b/include/target.mk
index 03550c6ca64..b77dffd79f9 100644
--- a/include/target.mk
+++ b/include/target.mk
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),1)
     CPU_CFLAGS += -mno-branch-likely
     CPU_CFLAGS_mips32 = -mips32 -mtune=mips32
     CPU_CFLAGS_mips64 = -mips64 -mtune=mips64 -mabi=64
+    CPU_CFLAGS_mips64r2 = -mips64r2 -mtune=mips64r2 -mabi=64
     CPU_CFLAGS_24kc = -mips32r2 -mtune=24kc
     CPU_CFLAGS_74kc = -mips32r2 -mtune=74kc
     CPU_CFLAGS_octeonplus = -march=octeon+ -mabi=64
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default b/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
index e7352e68ee6..7f0b6953946 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF=y
 CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN is not set
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64=y
-CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_HUGEPAGES=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
index 3a5bb6a6dc4..e992c2c6986 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARCH:=mips64
-CPU_TYPE:=mips64
+CPU_TYPE:=mips64r2
 SUBTARGET:=be64
 FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Big Endian (64-bits)
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default b/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
index 23e838aaba4..c79a2318cc5 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN=12
 CONFIG_ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64=y
-CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_HUGEPAGES=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
index a0a55af5f77..59dcc86befe 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARCH:=mips64el
-CPU_TYPE:=mips64
+CPU_TYPE:=mips64r2
 SUBTARGET:=le64
 FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian (64-bits)