diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index 0c3384cc4a85922f291371a6199ced636aac5854..cdf689f875a81bd1030319044b794efd4ccfe265 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 	"run mmcboot;" \
 	"setenv mmcdev 1; " \
 	"setenv bootpart 1:2; " \
+	"setenv mmcroot /dev/mmcblk1p2 ro; " \
 	"run mmcboot;" \
 	"run nandboot;"