diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa53/base-files/lib/preinit/82_uDPU b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa53/base-files/lib/preinit/82_uDPU
index 8d5a482b829..1c72d0fe661 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa53/base-files/lib/preinit/82_uDPU
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa53/base-files/lib/preinit/82_uDPU
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ preinit_mount_udpu() {
 
 		if [ -b "${mmcdev}p4" ]; then
 			mkdir /misc
-			mount -t f2fs ${mmcdev}p4 /misc
+			mount -o compress_algorithm=zstd -t f2fs ${mmcdev}p4 /misc
 			[ -f "/misc/$BACKUP_FILE" ] && {
 				echo "- Restoring configuration files -"
 				tar xzf "/misc/$BACKUP_FILE" -C /