diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/mpc85xx/image/Makefile
index dd15d4c610f..7cbf7338527 100644
--- a/target/linux/mpc85xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mpc85xx/image/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ define Device/tl-wdr4900-v1
   TPLINK_HWREV := 1
   TPLINK_FLASHLAYOUT := 16Mppc
   KERNEL_NAME := cuImage.tl-wdr4900-v1
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS :=
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES:=tl-wdr4900-v1 tplink,tl-wdr4900-v1
   IMAGES := fdt.bin factory.bin sysupgrade.bin
   IMAGE/fdt.bin := append-dtb