diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index 9068e567dc..59b4d9561d 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #MACHINE ?= "mpc8315e-rdb"
 #MACHINE ?= "edgerouter"
 #
-# This sets the default machine to be qemux86 if no other machine is selected:
-MACHINE ??= "qemux86"
+# This sets the default machine to be qemux86-64 if no other machine is selected:
+MACHINE ??= "qemux86-64"
 
 #
 # Where to place downloads