diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
index 3e68dbd..f1bfe1a 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_OMAP_HS=y
 CONFIG_NAND=y
+CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC_PREFETCH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
 CONFIG_PHYLIB=y