diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-4.6.config b/board/qemu/mips32r2-malta/linux-4.6.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-4.6.config
rename to board/qemu/mips32r2-malta/linux-4.6.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mips32r2-malta/readme.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
rename to board/qemu/mips32r2-malta/readme.txt
diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips32r2_malta_defconfig
similarity index 86%
rename from configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
rename to configs/qemu_mips32r2_malta_defconfig
index 66b67a505b..ed19982752 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips32r2_malta_defconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.6.1"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-4.6.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips32r2-malta/linux-4.6.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
 
 # Serial port config