diff --git a/configs/am65x_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am65x_evm_a53_defconfig
index d59f83a..93c1435 100644
--- a/configs/am65x_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am65x_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x1400
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_RESET=y
diff --git a/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
index e3eb0d9..d81018b 100644
--- a/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x400
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_RESET=y