diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c b/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
index e131056545..47f85c7fb4 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
@@ -119,11 +119,13 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 #if defined(CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM)
 # if defined(CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM0)
 	ret |= zynq_gem_initialize(bis, ZYNQ_GEM_BASEADDR0,
-						CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_PHY_ADDR0, 0);
+				   CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_PHY_ADDR0,
+				   CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO0);
 # endif
 # if defined(CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM1)
 	ret |= zynq_gem_initialize(bis, ZYNQ_GEM_BASEADDR1,
-						CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_PHY_ADDR1, 0);
+				   CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_PHY_ADDR1,
+				   CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO1);
 # endif
 #endif
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/configs/zynq-common.h b/include/configs/zynq-common.h
index cbafba1cc3..0359e3de91 100644
--- a/include/configs/zynq-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/zynq-common.h
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@
 # define CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
 # define CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
 # define CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
+# if !defined(CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO0)
+#  define CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO0	0
+# endif
+# if !defined(CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO1)
+#  define CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM_EMIO1	0
+# endif
 #endif
 
 /* SPI */