diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.26/021-mips_simple_prom_emulator.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.26/021-mips_simple_prom_emulator.patch
index 2c0ffb8ae3..841c77b760 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.26/021-mips_simple_prom_emulator.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.26/021-mips_simple_prom_emulator.patch
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  
 +#ifdef CONFIG_PROM_EMU
 +EXPORT(prom_emu_argv)
-+	.dw	0
-+	.dw	prom_emu_cmdline
++	.word	0
++	.word	prom_emu_cmdline
 +	.ascii	"CMDLINE:"
 +EXPORT(prom_emu_cmdline)
 +	.fill	0x400