diff --git a/board/logicpd/am3517evm/am3517evm.c b/board/logicpd/am3517evm/am3517evm.c
index bbb6e834ec..c0a006a7b3 100644
--- a/board/logicpd/am3517evm/am3517evm.c
+++ b/board/logicpd/am3517evm/am3517evm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch/mem.h>
 #include <asm/arch/mux.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sys_proto.h>
+#include <asm/arch/mmc_host_def.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 #include "am3517evm.h"
@@ -74,3 +75,11 @@ void set_muxconf_regs(void)
 {
 	MUX_AM3517EVM();
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
+int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
+{
+       omap_mmc_init(0);
+       return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index 6c5728db59..72dd6f02ce 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE	{4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600,\
 					115200}
 #define CONFIG_MMC			1
-#define CONFIG_OMAP3_MMC		1
+#define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC		1
+#define CONFIG_OMAP_HSMMC		1
 #define CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION		1
 
 /*
@@ -190,16 +191,17 @@
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	"loadaddr=0x82000000\0" \
 	"console=ttyO2,115200n8\0" \
+	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw " \
 		"rootfstype=ext3 rootwait\0" \
 	"nandargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"root=/dev/mtdblock4 rw " \
 		"rootfstype=jffs2\0" \
-	"loadbootscript=fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} boot.scr\0" \
+	"loadbootscript=fatload mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} boot.scr\0" \
 	"bootscript=echo Running bootscript from mmc ...; " \
 		"source ${loadaddr}\0" \
-	"loaduimage=fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} uImage\0" \
+	"loaduimage=fatload mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} uImage\0" \
 	"mmcboot=echo Booting from mmc ...; " \
 		"run mmcargs; " \
 		"bootm ${loadaddr}\0" \
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@
 		"bootm ${loadaddr}\0" \
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND \
-	"if mmc init; then " \
+	"if mmc rescan ${mmcdev}; then " \
 		"if run loadbootscript; then " \
 			"run bootscript; " \
 		"else " \