diff --git a/modemloader/modemloader.c b/modemloader/modemloader.c
index 61dff808..e661e8b2 100644
--- a/modemloader/modemloader.c
+++ b/modemloader/modemloader.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int main(void)
 
     parse_hardware_revision(&revision);
     snprintf(ro_revision, PROP_VALUE_MAX, "%d", revision);
-    property_set("ro.revision", ro_revision);
+    property_set("hw.revision", ro_revision);
 
     return 0;
 }