diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index bebfae9156..f8c3ad4016 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE
 		int "Root filesystem partition size (in MB)"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES || USES_ROOTFS_PART || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_omap || TARGET_rb532 || TARGET_sunxi || TARGET_uml
-		default 256
+		default 128
 		help
 		  Select the root filesystem partition size.