diff --git a/board/mpc8349itx/mpc8349itx.c b/board/mpc8349itx/mpc8349itx.c
index 2b3ded17629d9ba2bceb98399d59970cedec119f..178b1d36fbf683faa44fefd6a4be57809b0f1022 100644
--- a/board/mpc8349itx/mpc8349itx.c
+++ b/board/mpc8349itx/mpc8349itx.c
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ int fixed_sdram(void)
 	im->ddr.sdram_interval =
 	    (0x0410 << SDRAM_INTERVAL_REFINT_SHIFT) | (0x0100 <<
 						       SDRAM_INTERVAL_BSTOPRE_SHIFT);
-	im->ddr.sdram_clk_cntl =
-	    DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL_SS_EN | DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL_CLK_ADJUST_05;
+	im->ddr.sdram_clk_cntl = CFG_DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL;
 
 	udelay(200);
 
diff --git a/cpu/mpc83xx/spd_sdram.c b/cpu/mpc83xx/spd_sdram.c
index 41a1f1fc7b06ec376d78429fdcf9167fbd583908..647813f68d94e5ae020e60d5e749adbebe972f5b 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc83xx/spd_sdram.c
+++ b/cpu/mpc83xx/spd_sdram.c
@@ -693,11 +693,6 @@ long int spd_sdram()
 
 #ifdef CFG_DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL	/* Optional platform specific value */
 	ddr->sdram_clk_cntl = CFG_DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL;
-#else
-	/* SS_EN = 0, source synchronous disable
-	 * CLK_ADJST = 0, MCK/MCK# is launched aligned with addr/cmd
-	 */
-	ddr->sdram_clk_cntl = 0x00000000;
 #endif
 	debug("DDR:sdram_clk_cntl=0x%08x\n", ddr->sdram_clk_cntl);
 
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8349ITX.h b/include/configs/MPC8349ITX.h
index 37bbfb336d2d6f1c5daa04f22d6e110551cc7762..906339e9d8827b281d58620b4fcce25c3998dac3 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8349ITX.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8349ITX.h
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
 #define CFG_MEMTEST_START	0x1000		/* memtest region */
 #define CFG_MEMTEST_END		0x2000
 
+#define CFG_DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL	(DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL_SS_EN | \
+				DDR_SDRAM_CLK_CNTL_CLK_ADJUST_05)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARD_I2C
 #define CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM		/* use SPD EEPROM for DDR setup*/
 #endif