diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/spl.c
index 103639e..be3daa9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/spl.c
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT */
 
-void spl_board_init(void)
+void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 {
 	arch_cpu_init();
+
+	spl_early_init();
+
 	preloader_console_init();
 }
 
diff --git a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
index f098222..7ecdc36 100644
--- a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80000000
-CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_LOAD=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="U-Boot > "
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
index 8c16d5c..c095058 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80000000
-CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_LOAD=y
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
index b8eac0e..7271016 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80000000
-CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/omapl138_lcdk_defconfig b/configs/omapl138_lcdk_defconfig
index e431418..48f251e 100644
--- a/configs/omapl138_lcdk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/omapl138_lcdk_defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80000000
-CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0xb5
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y