diff --git a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
index 9fc33aa6a2c6d832fdec13ecb9ae6ebe66ab97b2..5acbc92c3f60923c18348191dfec99992bebf94e 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
@@ -161,4 +161,12 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_AM33XX_BCH	/* ELM support */
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Disable MMC DM for SPL build and can be re-enabled after adding
+ * DM support in SPL
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#undef CONFIG_DM_MMC
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __CONFIG_TI_OMAP5_COMMON_H */