diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index f16af9ccf4..23cf5be169 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -118,22 +118,6 @@ while true; do
             [ -z "$FSTYPE" -o "$FSTYPE" = "$arg" ] && FSTYPE=$arg || \
                 error "conflicting FSTYPE types [$FSTYPE] and [$arg]"
             ;;
-        *-image*)
-            [ -z "$ROOTFS" ] || \
-		error "conflicting ROOTFS args [$ROOTFS] and [$arg]"
-            if [ -f "$arg" ]; then
-                process_filename $arg
-            elif [ -d "$arg" ]; then
-                # Handle the case where the nfsroot dir has -image-
-                # in the pathname
-                echo "Assuming $arg is an nfs rootfs"
-                FSTYPE=nfs
-                ROOTFS=$arg
-            else
-                ROOTFS=$arg
-                LAZY_ROOTFS="true"
-            fi
-            ;;
         "ramfs")
             FSTYPE=cpio.gz
             RAMFS=true
@@ -192,6 +176,22 @@ while true; do
         "publicvnc")
             SCRIPT_QEMU_OPT="$SCRIPT_QEMU_OPT -vnc 0.0.0.0:0"
             ;;
+        *-image*)
+            [ -z "$ROOTFS" ] || \
+		error "conflicting ROOTFS args [$ROOTFS] and [$arg]"
+            if [ -f "$arg" ]; then
+                process_filename $arg
+            elif [ -d "$arg" ]; then
+                # Handle the case where the nfsroot dir has -image-
+                # in the pathname
+                echo "Assuming $arg is an nfs rootfs"
+                FSTYPE=nfs
+                ROOTFS=$arg
+            else
+                ROOTFS=$arg
+                LAZY_ROOTFS="true"
+            fi
+            ;;
         "") break ;;
         *)
             # A directory name is an nfs rootfs