diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/armadillo800eva_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/armadillo800eva_defconfig
index 7d8718468e0dff1ec28b63014f6c56ec62650d10..90610c7030f7aafd4ccc9663983bc367e89324dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/armadillo800eva_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/armadillo800eva_defconfig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_AEABI=y
 CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER=13
 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT=0x0
 CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_BSS=0x0
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=tty0 console=ttySC1,115200 earlyprintk=sh-sci.1,115200 ignore_loglevel root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=,rsize=4096,wsize=4096"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=tty0 console=ttySC1,115200 earlyprintk=sh-sci.1,115200 ignore_loglevel root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=,rsize=4096,wsize=4096 rw"
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y