diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
index c7dbd3c..de13af6 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT=10
 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_BE=y
 CONFIG_CLK=y
 CONFIG_CLK_CDCE9XX=y
 CONFIG_CLK_TI_CTRL=y