diff --git a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
index c9c624e..195d638 100644
--- a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP2PLUS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y