diff --git a/board/ti/common/board_detect.c b/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
index c55e24e..1e695f4 100644
--- a/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
+++ b/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
@@ -10,10 +10,47 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <asm/omap_common.h>
+#include <dm/uclass.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 
 #include "board_detect.h"
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT)
+/**
+ * ti_i2c_set_alen - Set chip's i2c address length
+ * @bus_addr - I2C bus number
+ * @dev_addr - I2C eeprom id
+ * @alen     - I2C address length in bytes
+ *
+ * DM_I2C by default sets the address length to be used to 1. This
+ * function allows this address length to be changed to match the
+ * eeprom used for board detection.
+ */
+int __maybe_unused ti_i2c_set_alen(int bus_addr, int dev_addr, int alen)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	struct udevice *bus;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = uclass_get_device_by_seq(UCLASS_I2C, bus_addr, &bus);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	rc = i2c_get_chip(bus, dev_addr, 1, &dev);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	rc = i2c_set_chip_offset_len(dev, alen);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+int __maybe_unused ti_i2c_set_alen(int bus_addr, int dev_addr, int alen)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * ti_i2c_eeprom_init - Initialize an i2c bus and probe for a device
  * @i2c_bus: i2c bus number to initialize