diff --git a/package/perl-device-serialport/perl-device-serialport.mk b/package/perl-device-serialport/perl-device-serialport.mk
index a87a7447bd..d9c61e9486 100644
--- a/package/perl-device-serialport/perl-device-serialport.mk
+++ b/package/perl-device-serialport/perl-device-serialport.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_VERSION = 1.04
 PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_SOURCE = Device-SerialPort-$(PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_VERSION).tar.gz
 PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/C/CO/COOK
-PERL_DBI_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
+PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
 PERL_DEVICE_SERIALPORT_LICENSE_FILES = README
 
 $(eval $(perl-package))