diff --git a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
index ca993b4..0b7ee94 100644
--- a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x58000
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_REPORT_STACK_F_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x1400
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot.img"