diff --git a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
index 74b3f03..e3320e6 100644
--- a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="DA850_AM18X_EVM,MAC_ADDR_IN_EEPROM,SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN=2,SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR=0x50"
+CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set