diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/board.c b/arch/mips/lib/board.c
index b2d113e..ab4a17c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/board.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 static int init_baudrate (void)
 {
 	char tmp[64];	/* long enough for environment variables */
-	int i = getenv_r ("baudrate", tmp, sizeof (tmp));
+	int i = getenv_f("baudrate", tmp, sizeof (tmp));
 
 	gd->baudrate = (i > 0)
 			? (int) simple_strtoul (tmp, NULL, 10)