diff --git a/distrib/utils/embedded/conf/evbarm.conf b/distrib/utils/embedded/conf/evbarm.conf
index eb53a14b8868..cbcfe4f9481d 100644
--- a/distrib/utils/embedded/conf/evbarm.conf
+++ b/distrib/utils/embedded/conf/evbarm.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: evbarm.conf,v 1.23 2015/08/01 10:04:06 jmcneill Exp $
+# $NetBSD: evbarm.conf,v 1.24 2015/08/01 10:04:50 jmcneill Exp $
 # evbarm shared config
 #
 image=$HOME/${board}.img
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ make_fstab_evbarm_normal() {
 	cat > ${mnt}/etc/fstab << EOF
 # NetBSD /etc/fstab
 # See /usr/share/examples/fstab/ for more examples.
-/dev/ld0a	/		ffs	rw	1 1
+/dev/ld0a	/		ffs	rw,noatime	1 1
 /dev/ld0b	none		swap	sw	0 0
 /dev/ld0e	/boot		msdos	rw	1 1
 kernfs		/kern		kernfs	rw