diff --git a/configs/phycore_am62ax_r5_defconfig b/configs/phycore_am62ax_r5_defconfig
index 01d100842de..584a6415ca5 100644
--- a/configs/phycore_am62ax_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/phycore_am62ax_r5_defconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_HAS_CUSTOM_MALLOC_START=y
 CONFIG_SPL_CUSTOM_SYS_MALLOC_ADDR=0x84000000
 CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x400
 CONFIG_SPL_DMA=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MTD=y