diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
index bc057b6f7d16..af4d28b51d1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/wm8650.dtsi
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ / {
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	compatible = "wm,wm8650";
 
+	chosen {
+		bootargs = "mem=256M root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw noinitrd rootfstype=ext4 rootwait console=ttyWMT0,115200 earlyprintk";
+	};
+
 	cpus {
 		#address-cells = <0>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;