diff --git a/elements/growroot/init-scripts/upstart/growroot.conf b/elements/growroot/init-scripts/upstart/growroot.conf
index 676226c4..88fe4e8d 100644
--- a/elements/growroot/init-scripts/upstart/growroot.conf
+++ b/elements/growroot/init-scripts/upstart/growroot.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ description "Growing root partition"
 
 console output
 
-start on mounted MOUNTPOINT=/
+start on local-filesystems
 
 post-start script
 /usr/local/sbin/growroot