diff --git a/configs/am62x_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am62x_evm_r5_defconfig
index 832a12362d..7f7ea178e5 100644
--- a/configs/am62x_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62x_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x9000
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2
 CONFIG_SOC_K3_AM625=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_AM625_R5_EVM=y
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x20000