diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8mm_evk/spl.c b/board/freescale/imx8mm_evk/spl.c
index 3a91f47f01..10f00a50d2 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imx8mm_evk/spl.c
+++ b/board/freescale/imx8mm_evk/spl.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ int power_init_board(void)
 	/* increase VDD_SOC to typical value 0.85v before first DRAM access */
 	pmic_reg_write(p, BD71837_BUCK1_VOLT_RUN, 0x0f);
 
-	/* increase VDD_DRAM to 0.9v for 3Ghz DDR */
-	pmic_reg_write(p, BD71837_BUCK5_VOLT, 0x2);
+	/* increase VDD_DRAM to 0.975v for 3Ghz DDR */
+	pmic_reg_write(p, BD71837_BUCK5_VOLT, 0x83);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_IMX8M_LPDDR4
 	/* increase NVCC_DRAM_1V2 to 1.2v for DDR4 */