diff --git a/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_semi_defconfig b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_semi_defconfig
index c9cec8322c..3a339be6a2 100644
--- a/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_semi_defconfig
+++ b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_semi_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_IDENT_STRING=" vexpress_aemv8a"
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
-CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyAMA0 earlycon=pl011,0x1c090000 debug user_debug=31 loglevel=9"
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyAMA0 earlyprintk=pl011,0x1c090000 debug user_debug=31 androidboot.hardware=fvpbase root=/dev/vda2 rw rootwait loglevel=9"
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set