diff --git a/board/bachmann/ot1200/ot1200.c b/board/bachmann/ot1200/ot1200.c
index e434ed9b877286a662bb58b942f6a43d145a4420..a33d496b709e4186c238ed01dcecd93dd4711dea 100644
--- a/board/bachmann/ot1200/ot1200.c
+++ b/board/bachmann/ot1200/ot1200.c
@@ -120,6 +120,27 @@ static void setup_iomux_features(void)
 		ARRAY_SIZE(feature_pads));
 }
 
+#define PC MUX_PAD_CTRL(I2C_PAD_CTRL)
+
+/* I2C3 - IO expander  */
+static struct i2c_pads_info i2c_pad_info2 = {
+	.scl = {
+		.i2c_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D17__I2C3_SCL | PC,
+		.gpio_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D17__GPIO3_IO17 | PC,
+		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(3, 17)
+	},
+	.sda = {
+		.i2c_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D18__I2C3_SDA | PC,
+		.gpio_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D18__GPIO3_IO18 | PC,
+		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(3, 18)
+	}
+};
+
+static void setup_iomux_i2c(void)
+{
+	setup_i2c(2, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, 0x7f, &i2c_pad_info2);
+}
+
 static void ccgr_init(void)
 {
 	struct mxc_ccm_reg *ccm = (struct mxc_ccm_reg *)CCM_BASE_ADDR;
@@ -151,6 +172,7 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
 
 	setup_iomux_uart();
 	setup_iomux_spi();
+	setup_iomux_i2c();
 	setup_iomux_features();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -236,22 +258,6 @@ int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define PC MUX_PAD_CTRL(I2C_PAD_CTRL)
-
-/* I2C3 - IO expander  */
-static struct i2c_pads_info i2c_pad_info2 = {
-	.scl = {
-		.i2c_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D17__I2C3_SCL | PC,
-		.gpio_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D17__GPIO3_IO17 | PC,
-		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(3, 17)
-	},
-	.sda = {
-		.i2c_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D18__I2C3_SDA | PC,
-		.gpio_mode = MX6_PAD_EIM_D18__GPIO3_IO18 | PC,
-		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(3, 18)
-	}
-};
-
 static iomux_v3_cfg_t const pwm_pad[] = {
 	MX6_PAD_SD1_CMD__PWM4_OUT | MUX_PAD_CTRL(OUTPUT_40OHM),
 };
@@ -315,8 +321,6 @@ int board_init(void)
 
 	backlight_lcd_off();
 
-	setup_i2c(2, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, 0x7f, &i2c_pad_info2);
-
 	leds_on();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_SATA