diff --git a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
index 0d7bd72..b644273 100644
--- a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_OMAP_HS=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED=48000000
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MACRONIX=y
 CONFIG_MII=y
 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_CPSW=y