diff --git a/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf b/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
index 97d57b31..a4563239 100644
--- a/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/intel-corei7-64.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require conf/machine/include/intel-corei7-64-common.inc
 require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.14%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.17%"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "pcbios efi"
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "va-impl-intel"