diff --git a/configs/verdin-imx8mp_defconfig b/configs/verdin-imx8mp_defconfig
index f1fa2b8f496..faf57fd473e 100644
--- a/configs/verdin-imx8mp_defconfig
+++ b/configs/verdin-imx8mp_defconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CONFIG_PREBOOT="test -n ${fdtfile} || setenv fdtfile imx8mp-verdin-${variant}-${
 CONFIG_LOG=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x26000