diff --git a/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in b/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
index 022200f4a..37f253014 100755
--- a/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/templates/image.plain.postinst.in
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ if (($arch eq "mips" || $arch eq "mipsel")
         my $seen;
         my $question = "${package_name}/postinst/mips-initrd-$version";
     
-        ($ret,$seen) = input('high', "$question");
+        ($ret,$seen) = input('critical', "$question");
         if ($ret && $ret != 30 ) {
           die "Error setting debconf question $question: $seen";
         }