diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/tiny-tp-link.mk b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
index 5b0ab3e970..db5f735498 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ define Device/tl-wa850re-v2
   TPLINK_HWREV := 0
   IMAGE_SIZE := 3648k
   MTDPARTS := spi0.0:128k(u-boot)ro,1344k(kernel),2304k(rootfs),256k(config)ro,64k(art)ro,3648k@0x20000(firmware)
+  DEFAULT := n
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += tl-wa850re-v2