diff --git a/configs/MPC837XERDB_defconfig b/configs/MPC837XERDB_defconfig
index 40fc1d1..a227ca8 100644
--- a/configs/MPC837XERDB_defconfig
+++ b/configs/MPC837XERDB_defconfig
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE=0x7F
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED=400000
 CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC=y
+CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NOR_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS=0
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
index 5a5a31c..878f867 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
@@ -891,6 +891,10 @@
 	help
 	  This enables the Ultra Secured Digital Host Controller enhancements
 
+config FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
+	bool "Perform esdhc device-tree fixup"
+	depends on (FSL_ESDHC || FSL_ESDHC_IMX) && OF_LIBFDT
+
 endmenu
 
 config SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_ESDHC111
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_imx.c b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_imx.c
index 5ee3ce7..66caf68 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_imx.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_LIBFDT)
 __weak int esdhc_status_fixup(void *blob, const char *compat)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX) && !hwconfig("esdhc")) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX) && !hwconfig("esdhc")) {
 		do_fixup_by_compat(blob, compat, "status", "disabled",
 				sizeof("disabled"), 1);
 		return 1;
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h b/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
index f312ffb..dbfcdfb 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
 #define CFG_SYS_PCIE2_IO_PHYS	0xD8000000
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC
-#define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
 #define CFG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR	CFG_SYS_MPC83xx_ESDHC_ADDR
 #endif