diff --git a/env/ext4.c b/env/ext4.c
index 6c69a0a57f44fe5ddb796f1ed00ee1890c308d92..a2d32b9c8dea0473283d01c98013153b11af5f15 100644
--- a/env/ext4.c
+++ b/env/ext4.c
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ static int env_ext4_load(void)
 	int err;
 	loff_t off;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC
 	if (!strcmp(CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_INTERFACE, "mmc"))
 		mmc_initialize(NULL);
+#endif
 
 	part = blk_get_device_part_str(CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_INTERFACE,
 				       CONFIG_ENV_EXT4_DEVICE_AND_PART,
diff --git a/env/fat.c b/env/fat.c
index 19f260e881ac3e77f5d04e69aeb261691f780388..884eeb8c5fc1517db5547689999285cc788a4403 100644
--- a/env/fat.c
+++ b/env/fat.c
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ static int env_fat_load(void)
 	int dev, part;
 	int err;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC
 	if (!strcmp(CONFIG_ENV_FAT_INTERFACE, "mmc"))
 		mmc_initialize(NULL);
+#endif
 
 	part = blk_get_device_part_str(CONFIG_ENV_FAT_INTERFACE,
 					CONFIG_ENV_FAT_DEVICE_AND_PART,