diff --git a/configs/stm32mp157c_dk2_defconfig b/configs/stm32mp157c_dk2_defconfig
index a1e61d752d..7e5db3caa9 100644
--- a/configs/stm32mp157c_dk2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32mp157c_dk2_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="120M"
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTIONS="-O ^metadata_csum"
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y