diff --git a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
index 3b4a7c3..5aaf446 100644
--- a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DM_DEVICE_REMOVE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_SEQ_ALIAS=y
 CONFIG_REGMAP=y
 CONFIG_SPL_REGMAP=y