diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
index 188b5c2144af73058083ed0ac27bac389fdedfa7..87792c21a5d0f42f9cfd27cf9e86c56f0ac61df2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-zynqmp/hardware.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ struct iou_scntr {
 
 /* Bootmode setting values */
 #define BOOT_MODES_MASK	0x0000000F
-#define SD_MODE		0x00000005
+#define SD_MODE		0x00000003
+#define EMMC_MODE	0x00000006
 #define JTAG_MODE	0x00000000
 
 #define ZYNQMP_RPU_BASEADDR	0xFF9A0000
diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
index e38948426d7067b9cd455c44686260f110fe73b1..f5ff64d988e5b902d6a02ffb99f93276da865555 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ int board_late_init(void)
 
 	switch (bootmode) {
 	case SD_MODE:
+	case EMMC_MODE:
 		setenv("modeboot", "sdboot");
 		break;
 	default: