diff --git a/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc b/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
index b0a0e746..dcf973e2 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ XSERVER = "xserver-xorg \
            xf86-video-fbdev"
 
 GUI_MACHINE_CLASS = "smallscreen"
+
+# Use the expected value of the ubifs filesystem's volume name in the kernel
+# and u-boot.
+UBI_VOLNAME = "rootfs"