diff --git a/conf/machine/poplar.conf b/conf/machine/poplar.conf
index 2091e799..f4599d2a 100644
--- a/conf/machine/poplar.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/poplar.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "\
     u-boot-poplar \
 "
 
-CMDLINE_ROOT_EMMC   ?= "mmcblk0p3"
+CMDLINE_ROOT_EMMC   ?= "mmcblk1p3"
 CMDLINE ?= "console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 root=/dev/${CMDLINE_ROOT_EMMC} rootwait rw quiet"
 
 # Fastboot expects an ext4 image, which needs to be 4096 bytes aligned