diff --git a/configs/openrd_base_defconfig b/configs/openrd_base_defconfig
index 3b4724f..0a54ab0 100644
--- a/configs/openrd_base_defconfig
+++ b/configs/openrd_base_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_OPENRD=y
 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING="\nOpenRD-Base"
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="kirkwood-openrd-base"
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="BOARD_IS_OPENRD_BASE"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=2