diff --git a/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h b/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
index 2eaa3b61b4..6139246daa 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 	"vram=16M\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext3 rootwait\0" \
+	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"vram=${vram} " \
 		"root=${mmcroot} " \