diff --git a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
index f2e1f02..cdcc7dd 100644
--- a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CONFIG_QSPI_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set