diff --git a/drivers/mmc/rockchip_dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/rockchip_dw_mmc.c
index b2a1201631..a0e1be8794 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/rockchip_dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/rockchip_dw_mmc.c
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ static int rockchip_dwmmc_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	priv->fifo_mode = dev_read_bool(dev, "fifo-mode");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+	if (!priv->fifo_mode)
+		priv->fifo_mode = dev_read_bool(dev, "u-boot,spl-fifo-mode");
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * 'clock-freq-min-max' is deprecated
 	 * (see https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b023030f10573de738bbe8df63d43acab64c9f7b)