diff --git a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da850evm.c b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da850evm.c
index 46924d3..e0a3bbe 100644
--- a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da850evm.c
+++ b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da850evm.c
@@ -278,6 +278,20 @@ u32 get_board_rev(void)
 	return rev;
 }
 
+int board_early_init_f(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Power on required peripherals
+	 * ARM does not have access by default to PSC0 and PSC1
+	 * assuming here that the DSP bootloader has set the IOPU
+	 * such that PSC access is available to ARM
+	 */
+	if (da8xx_configure_lpsc_items(lpsc, ARRAY_SIZE(lpsc)))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int board_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_NOR
@@ -310,15 +324,6 @@ int board_init(void)
 	/* address of boot parameters */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = LINUX_BOOT_PARAM_ADDR;
 
-	/*
-	 * Power on required peripherals
-	 * ARM does not have access by default to PSC0 and PSC1
-	 * assuming here that the DSP bootloader has set the IOPU
-	 * such that PSC access is available to ARM
-	 */
-	if (da8xx_configure_lpsc_items(lpsc, ARRAY_SIZE(lpsc)))
-		return 1;
-
 	/* setup the SUSPSRC for ARM to control emulation suspend */
 	writel(readl(&davinci_syscfg_regs->suspsrc) &
 	       ~(DAVINCI_SYSCFG_SUSPSRC_EMAC | DAVINCI_SYSCFG_SUSPSRC_I2C |
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index cad5620..b4e4890 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
  * U-Boot general configuration
  */
 #define CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R
+#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 #define CONFIG_BOOTFILE		"uImage" /* Boot file name */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT	"U-Boot > " /* Command Prompt */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE	1024 /* Console I/O Buffer Size	*/