diff --git a/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile b/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile
index c547fed..d7ba153 100644
--- a/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile
+++ b/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 #
 
 obj-y += at91sam9261ek.o
-obj-y += led.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_AT91_LED) += led.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH) += partition.o
diff --git a/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/at91sam9261ek.c b/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/at91sam9261ek.c
index 1ba6063..c11bb2c 100644
--- a/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/at91sam9261ek.c
+++ b/board/atmel/at91sam9261ek/at91sam9261ek.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <debug_uart.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/arch/at91sam9261.h>
 #include <asm/arch/at91sam9261_matrix.h>
@@ -221,6 +222,23 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_LCD_INFO */
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT
+void board_debug_uart_init(void)
+{
+	at91_seriald_hw_init();
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
+int board_early_init_f(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_UART
+	debug_uart_init();
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 int board_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_AT91SAM9G10EK
@@ -233,13 +251,9 @@
 	/* adress of boot parameters */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x100;
 
-	at91_seriald_hw_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND
 	at91sam9261ek_nand_hw_init();
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
-	at91_spi0_hw_init(1 << 0);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_DM9000
 	at91sam9261ek_dm9000_hw_init();
 #endif