diff --git a/configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_dev_defconfig b/configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_dev_defconfig
index bc5414c4f4..e140a44e45 100644
--- a/configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_dev_defconfig
+++ b/configs/atmel_sama5d2_xplained_mmc_dev_defconfig
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_VIM=y
 # Filesystem
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="120M"
 
 # Bootloaders
 BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3=y