diff --git a/make/ext2root.mk b/make/ext2root.mk
index 2dd5f5502c..096d10651d 100644
--- a/make/ext2root.mk
+++ b/make/ext2root.mk
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ GENEXT2_SIZE:=$(shell expr $(GENEXT2_REALSIZE) + $(GENEXT2_ADDTOROOTSIZE))
 # We currently add about 400 device nodes, so add that into the total
 GENEXT2_INODES:=$(shell expr $(shell find $(TARGET_DIR) | wc -l) + 400)
 
-ifeq (1,$(shell expr $(GENEXT2_SIZE) \> $(GENEXT2_MAXROOTSIZE)))
-	$(error "Filesystem size, $(GENEXT2_SIZE) KB, is greater than the maximum, $(GENEXT2_MAXROOTSIZE) KB.")
-endif
+#ifeq (1,$(shell expr $(GENEXT2_SIZE) \> $(GENEXT2_MAXROOTSIZE)))
+#	$(error "Filesystem size, $(GENEXT2_SIZE) KB is greater than the maximum $(GENEXT2_MAXROOTSIZE) KB")
+#endif
 
 ext2root: genext2fs
 	-@find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib -type f -name \*.so\* | xargs $(STRIP) --strip-unneeded 2>/dev/null || true;