diff --git a/include/configs/corenet_ds.h b/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
index 2e45b923adb1c82afa3752ee20f32b491acd2fcc..52ef06e9426693e73a4e0246938a06db185de884 100644
--- a/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
+++ b/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #else
 #define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPIFLASH)