diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/sata.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/sata.c
index cad4feed000595410a396ee34961a727aa007a69..131d082bc8900c8153dbc3aac0641238a4094763 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/sata.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/sata.c
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ int init_sata(int dev)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/* On OMAP platforms SATA provides the SCSI subsystem */
+void scsi_init(void)
+{
+	init_sata(0);
+}
diff --git a/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c b/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
index 5592fc5defebd4faab3403b072e3e233dc572780..37df7b2cadf55790f0c9a5101bc297e89677a01b 100644
--- a/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ int board_late_init(void)
 	else
 		setenv("board_name", "dra7xx");
 #endif
-	init_sata(0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/board/ti/omap5_uevm/evm.c b/board/ti/omap5_uevm/evm.c
index 4666b38a71ae4841501ffb7d7074f9269d047fb2..833ffe9943b6e8f656a89d8c0929116f642b92a5 100644
--- a/board/ti/omap5_uevm/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/omap5_uevm/evm.c
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ int board_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int board_late_init(void)
-{
-	init_sata(0);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h b/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
index 7e2ecd53f52d67634bc85de411f3895992e21326..e8dc462f146653fcf5acfbb8013e76caed83786e 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 /* Max time to hold reset on this board, see doc/README.omap-reset-time */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_PLATFORM_RESET_TIME_MAX_USEC	16296
 
-#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 #define CONFIG_CMD_SCSI
 #define CONFIG_LIBATA
 #define CONFIG_SCSI_AHCI