diff --git a/board/davinci/schmoogie/schmoogie.c b/board/davinci/schmoogie/schmoogie.c
index 19c95809aa083d30f4ec73b548887c69cb4bc4ad..80a0f9fccc06b92c492d54483046abe7039c5292 100644
--- a/board/davinci/schmoogie/schmoogie.c
+++ b/board/davinci/schmoogie/schmoogie.c
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 	/* Set serial number from UID chip */
 	if (i2c_read(CONFIG_SYS_UID_ADDR, 0, 1, buf, 8)) {
 		printf("\nUID @ 0x%02x read FAILED!!!\n", CONFIG_SYS_UID_ADDR);
-		forceenv("serial#", "FAILED");
+		setenv("serial#", "FAILED");
 	} else {
 		if (buf[0] != 0x70) {
 			/* Device Family Code */
 			printf("\nUID @ 0x%02x read FAILED!!!\n", CONFIG_SYS_UID_ADDR);
-			forceenv("serial#", "FAILED");
+			setenv("serial#", "FAILED");
 		}
 	}
 	/* Now check CRC */
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 
 	if (tmp[0] != 0) {
 		printf("\nUID @ 0x%02x - BAD CRC!!!\n", CONFIG_SYS_UID_ADDR);
-		forceenv("serial#", "FAILED");
+		setenv("serial#", "FAILED");
 	} else {
 		/* CRC OK, set "serial" env variable */
 		sprintf((char *)&tmp[0], "%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
 			buf[6], buf[5], buf[4], buf[3], buf[2], buf[1]);
-		forceenv("serial#", (char *)&tmp[0]);
+		setenv("serial#", (char *)&tmp[0]);
 	}
 
 	return(0);
diff --git a/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h b/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
index 4c0184415ffd4c588d321d9e3c9a639f053430a2..1746495e9a791478732369e8eb845f8f2d65ea24 100644
--- a/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
+++ b/include/configs/davinci_sonata.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_CS		2
 #undef CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
+#define CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE		/* instead if obsoleted forceenv() */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND		/* U-Boot env in NAND Flash  */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	512	/* Env sector Size */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		(16 << 10)	/* 16 KiB */