diff --git a/configs/mx53loco_defconfig b/configs/mx53loco_defconfig
index b938dcb..2b479db 100644
--- a/configs/mx53loco_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx53loco_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x77800000
 CONFIG_TARGET_MX53LOCO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_BMODE is not set
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/freescale/mx53loco/imximage.cfg"
 # CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV=y