diff --git a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
index 7942931427..c6f3fae66c 100755
--- a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
+++ b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ echo "#########################################################"
 # create a single partition
   echo "creating partitions on $DISK..."
   parted -s "$DISK" unit cyl mkpart primary fat32 -- 0 16
-  parted -s "$DISK" unit cyl mkpart primary ext2 -- 16 -2
+# align the partition on 4mb boundary, starting at 132mb (132 % 4 == 0), which
+# is right after the first partition
+  parted -s "$DISK" mkpart primary ext2 -- 132MiB -2cyl
 
 # make partition active (bootable)
   echo "marking partition active..."