diff --git a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
index 10f4f00..52dfe39 100644
--- a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 CONFIG_K3_AVS0=y
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
+CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SDHCI_ADMA=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_AM654=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y