diff --git a/target/linux/bcm4908/image/Makefile b/target/linux/bcm4908/image/Makefile
index 9af815d6117..3d235680697 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm4908/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/bcm4908/image/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ define Build/bcm4908img
 	cp $(KDIR)/bcm63xx-cfe/$(subst _,$(comma),$(DEVICE_NAME))/cferam.000 $@-bootfs/
 	cp $(IMAGE_KERNEL) $@-bootfs/vmlinux.lz
 
-	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfs.jffs2 --pad --little-endian --squash-uids \
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfs.jffs2 --pad=0x800000 --little-endian --squash-uids \
 		-v -e 128KiB -o $@-bootfs.jffs2 -d $@-bootfs -m none -n
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/bcm4908img create $@.new -f $@-bootfs.jffs2 \
 		-a 0x20000 -f $@