diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
index 982a131ca7..a596d66424 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
@@ -2237,8 +2237,9 @@ define Device/netgear_wndap360
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-owl-loader
   IMAGE_SIZE := 7744k
   BLOCKSIZE := 256k
-  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb | gzip | uImage gzip
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | append-dtb | uImage none
+  LOADER_TYPE := bin
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | loader-kernel | uImage none
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := $$(KERNEL)
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | pad-to 64k | append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | \
 	check-size | append-metadata