diff --git a/Ghidra/Processors/MIPS/data/languages/mips.ldefs b/Ghidra/Processors/MIPS/data/languages/mips.ldefs
index cc6190b54e..59dc5bba94 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Processors/MIPS/data/languages/mips.ldefs
+++ b/Ghidra/Processors/MIPS/data/languages/mips.ldefs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   <language processor="MIPS"
             endian="big"
             size="64"
-            variant="default"
+            variant="16e"
             version="1.9"
             slafile="mips64be.sla"
             processorspec="mips64_16e.pspec"
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
   <language processor="MIPS"
             endian="little"
             size="64"
-            variant="default"
+            variant="16e"
             version="1.9"
             slafile="mips64le.sla"
             processorspec="mips64_16e.pspec"