diff --git a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
index 8f41c97..bb6900a 100644
--- a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
+++ b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x87e024000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=24000000
 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING=" for Cavium Thunder CN88XX ARM v8 Multi-Core"
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="thunderx-88xx"
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 # CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NET is not set
-CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="thunderx-88xx"
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set