diff --git a/configs/am43xx_evm_rtconly_defconfig b/configs/am43xx_evm_rtconly_defconfig
index 2ec0762..f558fd5 100644
--- a/configs/am43xx_evm_rtconly_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am43xx_evm_rtconly_defconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 CONFIG_MMC_OMAP_HS=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_RAW_NAND=y
+CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME_BCH16_CODE_HW=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE=0x40000
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT=0x40