diff --git a/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h b/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
index 032010bb9e024f1b5322145696f2c7b348424db0..18edd5d35bfbdb060af4a8ee199781dbf51900a3 100644
--- a/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
+++ b/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_ARMFLASH
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI		1
 #define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER		1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI_WIDTH	FLASH_CFI_32BIT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE		0x08000000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_SIZE		0x04000000 /* 64 MiB */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	2