diff --git a/tcl/target/omap4430.cfg b/tcl/target/omap4430.cfg
index 5bdb9d675..13ed80c39 100644
--- a/tcl/target/omap4430.cfg
+++ b/tcl/target/omap4430.cfg
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jtag configure $_CHIPNAME.jrc -event post-reset "runtest 200"
 # second core.
 #
 set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
-target create $_TARGETNAME cortex_a9 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -coreid 0
+target create $_TARGETNAME cortex_a8 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -coreid 0
 
 # SRAM: 56KiB at 0x4030.0000
 $_TARGETNAME configure -work-area-phys 0x40300000 -work-area-size 0x1000