diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-emmc-rfb.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-emmc-rfb.dts
index bf2628e..3c801b3 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-emmc-rfb.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-emmc-rfb.dts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	chosen {
 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8  \
 				earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 \
-				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
+				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootwait \
+				rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
 	};
 
 	memory {
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-emmc.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-emmc.dts
index 6c3a197..d90a9bf 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-emmc.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-emmc.dts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	chosen {
 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8  \
 				earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 \
-				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
+				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootwait \
+				rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
 	};
 
 	memory {
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-sd.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-sd.dts
index deca60b..4bf50ce 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-sd.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-fpga-sd.dts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	chosen {
 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8  \
 				earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 \
-				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
+				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootwait \
+				rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
 	};
 
 	memory {
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-sd-rfb.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-sd-rfb.dts
index 7d0c097..0c8620b 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-sd-rfb.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7981-sd-rfb.dts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	chosen {
 		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8  \
 				earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 \
-				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
+				root=PARTLABEL=rootfs rootwait \
+				rootfstype=squashfs,f2fs";
 	};
 
 	memory {