diff --git a/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part b/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part
index edc34d0fcd..b8fa43210b 100644
--- a/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part
+++ b/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ image sdcard.img {
   partition rootfs {
     partition-type = 0x83
     image = "rootfs.ext2"
+    offset = 8M
   }
 }
diff --git a/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part_spl b/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part_spl
index c29032572a..ef015918a5 100644
--- a/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part_spl
+++ b/board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_no_boot_part_spl
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ image sdcard.img {
   partition rootfs {
     partition-type = 0x83
     image = "rootfs.ext2"
+    offset = 8M
   }
 }