diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index 5300a27f6d..5480240068 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_FIXUP_FDT_MEMORY is not set
-CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=-1
+CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set