diff --git a/env/ext4.c b/env/ext4.c
index 3f3aac5..6c69a0a 100644
--- a/env/ext4.c
+++ b/env/ext4.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static int env_ext4_load(void)
 	int err;
 	loff_t off;
 
+	if (!strcmp(CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_INTERFACE, "mmc"))
+		mmc_initialize(NULL);
+
 	part = blk_get_device_part_str(CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_INTERFACE,
 				       CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_DEVICE_AND_PART,
 				       &dev_desc, &info, 1);
diff --git a/env/fat.c b/env/fat.c
index e6bd1f9..19f260e 100644
--- a/env/fat.c
+++ b/env/fat.c
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ static int env_fat_load(void)
 	int dev, part;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!strcmp(CONFIG_ENV_FAT_INTERFACE, "mmc"))
+		mmc_initialize(NULL);
+
 	part = blk_get_device_part_str(CONFIG_ENV_FAT_INTERFACE,
 					CONFIG_ENV_FAT_DEVICE_AND_PART,
 					&dev_desc, &info, 1);
diff --git a/env/mmc.c b/env/mmc.c
index 1058b8c..6f11dec 100644
--- a/env/mmc.c
+++ b/env/mmc.c
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ static int env_mmc_load(void)
 	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(env_t, tmp_env1, 1);
 	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(env_t, tmp_env2, 1);
 
+	mmc_initialize(NULL);
+
 	mmc = find_mmc_device(dev);
 
 	errmsg = init_mmc_for_env(mmc);