diff --git a/configs/deneb_defconfig b/configs/deneb_defconfig
index 4b9b073..4731e84 100644
--- a/configs/deneb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/deneb_defconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_HAS_CUSTOM_MALLOC_START=y
 CONFIG_SPL_CUSTOM_SYS_MALLOC_ADDR=0x120000
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIZE=0x3000
+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=0x800
 CONFIG_SPL_POWER_DOMAIN=y