diff --git a/third_party/linux/linux-metropolis.config b/third_party/linux/linux-metropolis.config
index b2f7e7a..75f60ea 100644
--- a/third_party/linux/linux-metropolis.config
+++ b/third_party/linux/linux-metropolis.config
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 # CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY is not set
 CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0 initrd=\\EFI\\metropolis\\initramfs.cpio.lz4"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0 root=PARTLABEL=METROPOLIS-SYSTEM rootfstype=erofs init=/init"
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE=y
 CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_LIVEPATCH=y