diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile b/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
index 1dc62d244f..c356e644e9 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/Makefile
@@ -139,14 +139,12 @@ endef
 define Build/uDPU-firmware
 	(rm -fR $@-fw; mkdir -p $@-fw)
 	$(CP) $(BIN_DIR)/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-initramfs.itb $@-fw/recovery.itb
+	$(CP) $(IMAGE_ROOTFS) $@-fw/rootfs.tgz
 	$(CP) $@-boot.scr $@-fw/boot.scr
-	$(TAR) -cvzp --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --sort=name \
-		$(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),--mtime="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)") \
-		-f $@-fw/rootfs.tgz -C $(TARGET_DIR) .
-	$(TAR) -cvzp --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --sort=name \
+	$(TAR) -czp --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --sort=name \
 		$(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),--mtime="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)") \
 		-f $@-fw/boot.tgz -C $@.boot .
-	$(TAR) -cvzp --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --sort=name \
+	$(TAR) -czp --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 --sort=name \
 		$(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),--mtime="@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)") \
 		-f $(KDIR_TMP)/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-firmware.tgz -C $@-fw .
 endef
diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
index 25ec3d3f81..f5cbd8a70b 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortexa53.mk
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ define Device/methode_udpu
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS_SUFFIX := .itb
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += f2fs-tools fdisk kmod-i2c-pxa kmod-hwmon-lm75 kmod-dsa-mv88e6xxx
   DEVICE_IMG_NAME = $$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$$(2)
+  FILESYSTEMS := targz
   IMAGES := firmware.tgz
   IMAGE/firmware.tgz := boot-scr | boot-img-ext4 | uDPU-firmware | append-metadata
   BOOT_SCRIPT := udpu