diff --git a/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek_mmc_defconfig
index 56c7252841..3607470de5 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SAMA5D2"
 CONFIG_SD_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait"
 CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek.h b/include/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek.h
index ef1a6f966f..6382a015d0 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d27_som1_ek.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND	"fatload mmc 0:1 0x21000000 at91-sama5d27_som1_ek.dtb; " \
 				"fatload mmc 0:1 0x22000000 zImage; " \
 				"bootz 0x22000000 - 0x21000000"
-#undef CONFIG_BOOTARGS
-#define CONFIG_BOOTARGS \
-	"console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QSPI_BOOT