diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
index 5232106bf7b6..cabb72ff1096 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rec {
   # Branch/Maturity data - http://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/nvidia-versions.txt
 
   # Policy: use the highest stable version as the default (on our master).
-  stable = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then legacy_390 else latest;
+  stable = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then legacy_390 else production;
 
   production = generic {
     version = "550.142";