diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/Makefile b/target/linux/ath79/Makefile
index 7b639002b71ce7..0f25f7d4e754d6 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 ARCH:=mips
 BOARD:=ath79
 BOARDNAME:=Atheros ATH79
-CPU_TYPE:=24kc
+CPU_TYPE:=74kc
 SUBTARGETS:=generic mikrotik nand tiny
 
 FEATURES:=ramdisk squashfs usb
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.1/308-mips32r2_tune.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.1/308-mips32r2_tune.patch
index 91abe6ccd79df6..60dfca23ab3fce 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.1/308-mips32r2_tune.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.1/308-mips32r2_tune.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_TX49XX)	+= -march=r4600 -Wa,--trap
  cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R1)	+= -march=mips32 -Wa,--trap
 -cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2)	+= -march=mips32r2 -Wa,--trap
-+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2)	+= -march=mips32r2 -mtune=24kc -Wa,--trap
++cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2)	+= -march=mips32r2 -mtune=74kc -Wa,--trap
  cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R5)	+= -march=mips32r5 -Wa,--trap -modd-spreg
  cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R6)	+= -march=mips32r6 -Wa,--trap -modd-spreg
  cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1)	+= -march=mips64 -Wa,--trap