diff --git a/board/mpl/pati/pati.c b/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
index 5d701a7931d063f77826645c989f7b8d869c97eb..b9d88ee17e3e7a95b411bb653124710b453db498 100644
--- a/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
+++ b/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ void user_led1(int led_on)
 	sysconf->sc_sgpiodt2=reg; /* Data register */
 }
 
+int board_early_init_f(void)
+{
+	spi_init_f();
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /****************************************************************
  * Last Stage Init
diff --git a/include/configs/PATI.h b/include/configs/PATI.h
index 65ab65d4459905518a5c06fd1312f988f4f38819..3ca204e1e2e4676a7b71d31520171e11fcb94a04 100644
--- a/include/configs/PATI.h
+++ b/include/configs/PATI.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE	{ 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 1250000 }
 
+#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 
 /***********************************************************************
  * Last Stage Init