diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index d5588b12414c..cf97ddc0e717 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET	0x2000
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		0x1000
 #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND	"fatload mmc 0:1 0x21000000 at91-sama5d3_xplained.dtb; " \
-				"fatload mmc 0:1 0x22000000 zImage; " \
+				"fatload mmc 0:1 0x22000000 vmlinuz.a; " \
 				"bootz 0x22000000 - 0x21000000"
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV	0
 #else
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_USE_MMC
 #define CONFIG_BOOTARGS							\
 	"console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk "				\
-	"root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait"
+	"root=/dev/mmcblk0p3 ro rootwait"
 #else
 #define CONFIG_BOOTARGS							\
 	"console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk "				\