# Do not add any filesystems before this line
obj-$(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS) += reiserfs/
obj-$(CONFIG_EXT3_FS) += ext3/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext3
-obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS) += ext4/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext4
+obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS) += ext2/
+# We place ext4 after ext2 so plain ext2 root fs's are mounted using ext2
+# unless explicitly requested by rootfstype
+obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS) += ext4/
obj-$(CONFIG_JBD) += jbd/
obj-$(CONFIG_JBD2) += jbd2/
-obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS) += ext2/
obj-$(CONFIG_CRAMFS) += cramfs/
obj-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS) += squashfs/
obj-y += ramfs/