diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile b/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
index 161c8cb816..8428bec6bc 100644
--- a/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs
 MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
 SUBTARGETS:=generic p1020
 
-KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.4
+KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.9
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build images for the Freescale MPC85xx based boards.
diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/config-4.4 b/target/linux/mpc85xx/config-4.9
similarity index 100%
rename from target/linux/mpc85xx/config-4.4
rename to target/linux/mpc85xx/config-4.9
diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/001-powerpc-85xx-add-gpio-keys-to-of-match-table.patch b/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/001-powerpc-85xx-add-gpio-keys-to-of-match-table.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/001-powerpc-85xx-add-gpio-keys-to-of-match-table.patch
rename to target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/001-powerpc-85xx-add-gpio-keys-to-of-match-table.patch
diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/100-powerpc-85xx-tl-wdr4900-v1-support.patch b/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/100-powerpc-85xx-tl-wdr4900-v1-support.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/100-powerpc-85xx-tl-wdr4900-v1-support.patch
rename to target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/100-powerpc-85xx-tl-wdr4900-v1-support.patch
diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/200-spi-fsl-espi-preallocate-local-buffer.patch b/target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/200-spi-fsl-espi-preallocate-local-buffer.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.4/200-spi-fsl-espi-preallocate-local-buffer.patch
rename to target/linux/mpc85xx/patches-4.9/200-spi-fsl-espi-preallocate-local-buffer.patch