diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index f310c32e88a4..3e8da9cf2eb9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 # often slow when they are implemented at all
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-mno-string)
 
-cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx)		+= -Wa,-m405
+cpu-as-$(CONFIG_40x)		+= -Wa,-m405
+cpu-as-$(CONFIG_44x)		+= -Wa,-m440
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)	+= $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-maltivec)
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E200)		+= -Wa,-me200
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E500)		+= -Wa,-me500
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 63d7456b9518..4d43cb59b4a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ BOOTCFLAGS	+= -I$(objtree)/$(obj) -I$(srctree)/$(obj)
 DTC_FLAGS	?= -p 1024
 
 $(obj)/4xx.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
-$(obj)/ebony.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
+$(obj)/ebony.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=440
 $(obj)/cuboot-hotfoot.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
-$(obj)/cuboot-taishan.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
-$(obj)/cuboot-katmai.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
+$(obj)/cuboot-taishan.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=440
+$(obj)/cuboot-katmai.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=440
 $(obj)/cuboot-acadia.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
 $(obj)/treeboot-iss4xx.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405
 $(obj)/treeboot-currituck.o: BOOTCFLAGS += -mcpu=405