diff --git a/include/configs/smegw01.h b/include/configs/smegw01.h
index cf80801bd8418f4bf6753ef7194f00eead6a5543..55ca801985118a7c52230f779109e78423544bf2 100644
--- a/include/configs/smegw01.h
+++ b/include/configs/smegw01.h
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@
 	"bootm_size=0x10000000\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcpart=1\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot}\0" \
+		"root=/dev/mmcblk0p${mmcpart} rootwait rw\0" \
 	"loadimage=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} boot/${image}\0" \
 	"loadfdt=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${fdt_addr} boot/${fdtfile}\0" \
 	"mmcboot=echo Booting from mmc ...; " \