diff --git a/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ls1046aqds.c b/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ls1046aqds.c
index de55a5d..33b1027 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ls1046aqds.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls1046aqds/ls1046aqds.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EARLY_INIT
+void i2c_early_init_f(void);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TFABOOT
 struct ifc_regs ifc_cfg_nor_boot[CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BANK_COUNT] = {
 	{
@@ -337,11 +341,9 @@
 	 */
 	out_le32(cntcr, 0x1);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_I2C
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EARLY_INIT
 	i2c_early_init_f();
 #endif
-#endif
 	fsl_lsch2_early_init_f();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_FSL_XHCI_USB