diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/config.h b/include/asm-ppc/config.h
index ca143c7fef7aaf818864a6e468b7f5d07f7e8e23..c9ba805077e3dfeff8754bb38fc55412ae8c0245 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/config.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/config.h
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_FSL_DMA
-#if ((!defined CONFIG_MPC83xx && defined(CONFIG_DDR_ECC) &&	\
-	!defined(CONFIG_ECC_INIT_VIA_DDRCONTROLLER)) ||		\
-	(defined(CONFIG_MPC83xx) && defined(CONFIG_DDR_ECC_INIT_VIA_DMA)))
+/* Check if boards need to enable FSL DMA engine for SDRAM init */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_FSL_DMA) && defined(CONFIG_DDR_ECC)
+#if (defined(CONFIG_MPC83xx) && defined(CONFIG_DDR_ECC_INIT_VIA_DMA)) || \
+	((defined(CONFIG_MPC85xx) || defined(CONFIG_MPC86xx)) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_ECC_INIT_VIA_DDRCONTROLLER))
 #define CONFIG_FSL_DMA
 #endif
 #endif