diff --git a/release/tools/arm.subr b/release/tools/arm.subr
index 1b7d4817fd5c..3e405a99b4d1 100644
--- a/release/tools/arm.subr
+++ b/release/tools/arm.subr
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ arm_install_base() {
 
 	echo '# Custom /etc/fstab for FreeBSD embedded images' \
 		> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
-	echo "/dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT /boot/msdos msdosfs rw,noatime 0 0" \
-		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
 	echo "/dev/ufs/rootfs   /       ufs     rw      1       1" \
 		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
+	echo "/dev/msdosfs/MSDOSBOOT /boot/msdos msdosfs rw,noatime 0 0" \
+		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
 	echo "md /tmp mfs rw,noatime,-s30m 0 0" \
 		>> ${CHROOTDIR}/${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab
 	echo "md /var/log mfs rw,noatime,-s15m 0 0" \