diff --git a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
index fbe11ef..1aa1dd8 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9x5ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_AT91SAM9X5EK=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="at91sam9g35ek"
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="AT91SAM9X5,SYS_USE_MMC"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 # CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX is not set
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
 CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL_AT91=y
 CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ATMEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=132000000