diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
index e5c922a..9a69b6c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@
 	/* Enable RTC32K clock */
 	rtc32k_enable();
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	sdram_init();
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
index 2c67c32..a7a3e88 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 int dram_init(void)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
+	sdram_init();
+#endif
+
 	/* dram_init must store complete ramsize in gd->ram_size */
 	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size(
 			(void *)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE,