diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-linksys-e8450-ubi.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-linksys-e8450-ubi.dts
index e2b7268e85..88538c8b0a 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-linksys-e8450-ubi.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-linksys-e8450-ubi.dts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		rootdisk = <&ubi_rootfs>;
-		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 console=ttyS0,115200n1 swiotlb=512 ubi.block=0,fit root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 console=ttyS0,115200n1 swiotlb=512 ubi.block=0,fit root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v1-ubootmod.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v1-ubootmod.dts
index 5f62ed1a45..6e310d40bf 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v1-ubootmod.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v1-ubootmod.dts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		rootdisk = <&rootdisk>;
-		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v2-ubootmod.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v2-ubootmod.dts
index 96effb8aab..501e09a690 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v2-ubootmod.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v2-ubootmod.dts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		rootdisk = <&rootdisk>;
-		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v3-ubootmod.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v3-ubootmod.dts
index ec98dd262c..8c90c734d9 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v3-ubootmod.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-ubnt-unifi-6-lr-v3-ubootmod.dts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		rootdisk = <&rootdisk>;
-		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 swiotlb=512 console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7623a-unielec-u7623-02.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7623a-unielec-u7623-02.dts
index 75ee0723ec..2dbb98e230 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7623a-unielec-u7623-02.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7623a-unielec-u7623-02.dts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
-		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11004000 root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11004000 root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 		rootdisk = <&emmc_rootdisk>;
 	};
 };
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7986a-xiaomi-redmi-router-ax6000-ubootmod.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7986a-xiaomi-redmi-router-ax6000-ubootmod.dts
index a296c768f0..f26ab1a88e 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7986a-xiaomi-redmi-router-ax6000-ubootmod.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7986a-xiaomi-redmi-router-ax6000-ubootmod.dts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 &chosen {
 	rootdisk = <&ubi_rootdisk>;
+	bootargs-append = " root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 };
 
 &partitions {
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-6.1/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/files-6.1/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dts
index 416958428f..f5c0c7ee2f 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-6.1/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dts
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-6.1/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		stdout-path = &uart0;
-		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8 pci=pcie_bus_perf ubi.block=0,fit root=/dev/fit0";
+		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8 pci=pcie_bus_perf ubi.block=0,fit root=/dev/fit0 rootwait";
 		rootdisk-spim-nand = <&ubi_rootfs>;
 	};
 
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/patches-6.1/164-dts-mt7623-bpi-r2-rootdisk-for-fitblk.patch b/target/linux/mediatek/patches-6.1/164-dts-mt7623-bpi-r2-rootdisk-for-fitblk.patch
index 2675aa2589..f617211c9a 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/patches-6.1/164-dts-mt7623-bpi-r2-rootdisk-for-fitblk.patch
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/patches-6.1/164-dts-mt7623-bpi-r2-rootdisk-for-fitblk.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  	chosen {
  		stdout-path = "serial2:115200n8";
 -		bootargs = "earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11004000 console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty1";
-+		bootargs = "root=/dev/fit0 earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11004000 console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty1";
++		bootargs = "root=/dev/fit0 rootwait earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11004000 console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty1";
 +		rootdisk-emmc = <&emmc_rootdisk>;
 +		rootdisk-sd = <&sd_rootdisk>;
  	};