diff --git a/distrib/i386/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile b/distrib/i386/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile
index 4ca120f7eb61..2399bd958737 100644
--- a/distrib/i386/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile
+++ b/distrib/i386/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.18 2002/04/16 09:06:49 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.19 2002/05/12 10:48:35 lukem Exp $
 
 # This Makefile builds a boot image on a 2.88M-sized image.
 #
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ FLOPPYSIZE=	5760
 FLOPPYPAD=	1
 FLOPPYKERNDIR=	kernel-ramdisk
 FLOPPYKERNEL=	netbsd.INSTALL.gz
-FLOPPYMETAFILE!=printf "USTAR.volsize.%o" ${FLOPPYSIZE}
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../common/Makefile.bootfloppy"
diff --git a/distrib/i386/floppies/common/Makefile.bootfloppy b/distrib/i386/floppies/common/Makefile.bootfloppy
index f6303c3800b7..2551430d37fd 100644
--- a/distrib/i386/floppies/common/Makefile.bootfloppy
+++ b/distrib/i386/floppies/common/Makefile.bootfloppy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.bootfloppy,v 1.11 2002/05/04 01:34:37 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.bootfloppy,v 1.12 2002/05/12 10:48:35 lukem Exp $
 #
 # Makefile snippet to create a set of USTAR floppies
 #
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 .include "${NETBSDSRCDIR}/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib"
 
 FLOPPYSIZE?=		2880
+.if defined(FLOPPYSIZE) && (${FLOPPYSIZE} != 2880)
+FLOPPYMETAFILE!=	printf "USTAR.volsize.%o" ${FLOPPYSIZE}
+.else
+FLOPPYSIZE=	2880
+.endif
 FLOPPYSUFFIX?=		.fs
 MDEC=			${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec
 #	XXXDISTRIB: need MI installboot for i386