diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
index c541093..c4744e1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 #define NFS_ROOT		"/tftpboot/%s"
 
 /* Default NFSROOT mount options. */
-#define NFS_DEF_OPTIONS		"udp"
+#define NFS_DEF_OPTIONS		"vers=2,udp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096"
 
 /* Parameters passed from the kernel command line */
 static char nfs_root_parms[256] __initdata = "";
