diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
index 5b3549f1236c..b2ede9bf82df 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
@@ -1101,11 +1101,13 @@ static int __init da850_evm_config_emac(void)
 	int ret;
 	u32 val;
 	struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info = &davinci_soc_info;
-	u8 rmii_en = soc_info->emac_pdata->rmii_en;
+	u8 rmii_en;
 
 	if (!machine_is_davinci_da850_evm())
 		return 0;
 
+	rmii_en = soc_info->emac_pdata->rmii_en;
+
 	cfg_chip3_base = DA8XX_SYSCFG0_VIRT(DA8XX_CFGCHIP3_REG);
 
 	val = __raw_readl(cfg_chip3_base);