diff --git a/etc/init.d/tiny-cloud-early b/etc/init.d/tiny-cloud-early
index f93377a..ee56bf3 100755
--- a/etc/init.d/tiny-cloud-early
+++ b/etc/init.d/tiny-cloud-early
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ description="Tiny Cloud Bootstrap - early phase"
 : "${LIBDIR:=$PREFIX/lib}"
 
 depend() {
-	before mdev
+	after root
+	before net
 }
 
 start() {
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/init-early b/lib/tiny-cloud/init-early
index 141398d..afeb68b 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/init-early
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/init-early
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ expand_root() {
         $MOCK partx -u "$volume"
     fi
     # resize filesystem
-    $MOCK mount -orw,remount /
     $MOCK resize2fs "$dev"
 }