diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index e89c49e1e3a0a0f7c4c2b6c0f7080c2330af562d..3cf768e662d634a6d3dd09209ee1c28bc545687d 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	DEFAULT_LINUX_BOOT_ENV \
+	DEFAULT_MMC_TI_ARGS \
 	"boot_fdt=try\0" \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
 	"bootdir=/boot\0" \
@@ -80,15 +81,8 @@
 		"uuid_disk=${uuid_gpt_disk};" \
 		"name=rootfs,start=2MiB,size=-,uuid=${uuid_gpt_rootfs}\0" \
 	"optargs=\0" \
-	"mmcdev=0\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
 	"ramroot=/dev/ram0 rw\0" \
 	"ramrootfstype=ext2\0" \
-	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
-		"${optargs} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot} " \
-		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0" \
 	"spiroot=/dev/mtdblock4 rw\0" \
 	"spirootfstype=jffs2\0" \
 	"spisrcaddr=0xe0000\0" \
@@ -112,7 +106,7 @@
 	"loadramdisk=load mmc ${mmcdev} ${rdaddr} ramdisk.gz\0" \
 	"loadimage=load mmc ${bootpart} ${loadaddr} ${bootdir}/${bootfile}\0" \
 	"loadfdt=load mmc ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${bootdir}/${fdtfile}\0" \
-	"mmcloados=run mmcargs; " \
+	"mmcloados=run args_mmc; " \
 		"if test ${boot_fdt} = yes || test ${boot_fdt} = try; then " \
 			"if run loadfdt; then " \
 				"bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}; " \
diff --git a/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h b/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
index 15fa3e3fecea49903413194991722c139fbdf608..d868442acb5ae9d8ff3aa31a1f26b7a5a51b349b 100644
--- a/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	DEFAULT_LINUX_BOOT_ENV \
+	DEFAULT_MMC_TI_ARGS \
 	"fdtfile=undefined\0" \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
 	"bootdir=/boot\0" \
@@ -225,18 +226,11 @@
 		"uuid_disk=${uuid_gpt_disk};" \
 		"name=rootfs,start=2MiB,size=-,uuid=${uuid_gpt_rootfs}\0" \
 	"optargs=\0" \
-	"mmcdev=0\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
 	"usbroot=/dev/sda2 rw\0" \
 	"usbrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
 	"usbdev=0\0" \
 	"ramroot=/dev/ram0 rw\0" \
 	"ramrootfstype=ext2\0" \
-	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
-		"${optargs} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot} " \
-		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0" \
 	"usbargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"${optargs} " \
 		"root=${usbroot} " \
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@
 			"if run loadimage; then " \
 				"run loadfdt; " \
 				"echo Booting from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
-				"run mmcargs; " \
+				"run args_mmc; " \
 				"bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}; " \
 			"fi;" \
 		"fi;\0" \
diff --git a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
index 18fca02c4c383ccdd9bfb4033aaebf12de7a8e8a..1a4b6d9900a2d84a05fbda72cee510581a183f9f 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
 	"ramdisk_addr_r=0x88080000\0" \
 	"bootm_size=0x10000000\0"
 
+#define DEFAULT_MMC_TI_ARGS \
+	"mmcdev=0\0" \
+	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
+	"args_mmc=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
+		"${optargs} " \
+		"root=${mmcroot} " \
+		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0"
+
 /*
  * Default to a quick boot delay.
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h b/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
index 6139246daa20dec9bb227564e11d7ecb2916d421..1cd7dae85b3fe563656a7ef9b38352d146eb6d0e 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_omap4_common.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
  */
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	DEFAULT_LINUX_BOOT_ENV \
+	DEFAULT_MMC_TI_ARGS \
 	"console=ttyO2,115200n8\0" \
 	"fdtfile=undefined\0" \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
@@ -90,13 +91,6 @@
 	"bootfile=zImage\0" \
 	"usbtty=cdc_acm\0" \
 	"vram=16M\0" \
-	"mmcdev=0\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
-	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
-		"vram=${vram} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot} " \
-		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0" \
 	"loadbootscript=load mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} boot.scr\0" \
 	"bootscript=echo Running bootscript from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
 		"source ${loadaddr}\0" \
@@ -106,10 +100,10 @@
 	"loadimage=load mmc ${bootpart} ${loadaddr} ${bootdir}/${bootfile}\0" \
 	"loaduimage=load mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} uImage\0" \
 	"mmcboot=echo Booting from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
-		"run mmcargs; " \
+		"run args_mmc; " \
 		"bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}\0" \
 	"uimageboot=echo Booting from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
-		"run mmcargs; " \
+		"run args_mmc; " \
 		"bootm ${loadaddr}\0" \
 	"findfdt="\
 		"if test $board_name = sdp4430; then " \
diff --git a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
index 1c1f8c0830d82de84fe15e3de39dd0491eb32332..189ea7e9140e33465b98f2e8b62b0db262801f37 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	DEFAULT_LINUX_BOOT_ENV \
+	DEFAULT_MMC_TI_ARGS \
 	"console=" CONSOLEDEV ",115200n8\0" \
 	"fdtfile=undefined\0" \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
@@ -80,14 +81,6 @@
 	"partitions=" PARTS_DEFAULT "\0" \
 	"optargs=\0" \
 	"dofastboot=0\0" \
-	"mmcdev=0\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \
-	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait\0" \
-	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
-		"${optargs} " \
-		"vram=${vram} " \
-		"root=${mmcroot} " \
-		"rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype}\0" \
 	"loadbootscript=fatload mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} boot.scr\0" \
 	"bootscript=echo Running bootscript from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
 		"source ${loadaddr}\0" \
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@
 			"if run loadimage; then " \
 				"run loadfdt; " \
 				"echo Booting from mmc${mmcdev} ...; " \
-				"run mmcargs; " \
+				"run args_mmc; " \
 				"bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}; " \
 			"fi;" \
 		"fi;\0" \