diff --git a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
index 59fb0fb50f..de01b9687b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
@@ -476,6 +476,14 @@ config MMC_SDHCI_SDMA
 	  This enables support for the SDMA (Single Operation DMA) defined
 	  in the SD Host Controller Standard Specification Version 1.00 .
 
+config SPL_MMC_SDHCI_SDMA
+	bool "Support SDHCI SDMA in SPL"
+	depends on SPL_MMC && MMC_SDHCI
+	default y if MMC_SDHCI_SDMA
+	help
+	  This enables support for the SDMA (Single Operation DMA) defined
+	  in the SD Host Controller Standard Specification Version 1.00 in SPL.
+
 config MMC_SDHCI_ADMA
 	bool "Support SDHCI ADMA2"
 	depends on MMC_SDHCI
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
index 86f81f5dfa..9cbe126106 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void sdhci_transfer_pio(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 	}
 }
 
-#if (defined(CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_SDMA) || CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_ADMA))
+#if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_SDMA) || CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_ADMA))
 static void sdhci_prepare_dma(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 			      int *is_aligned, int trans_bytes)
 {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int sdhci_transfer_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 		}
 	} while (!(stat & SDHCI_INT_DATA_END));
 
-#if (defined(CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_SDMA) || CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_ADMA))
+#if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_SDMA) || CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_ADMA))
 	dma_unmap_single(host->start_addr, data->blocks * data->blocksize,
 			 mmc_get_dma_dir(data));
 #endif
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ int sdhci_setup_cfg(struct mmc_config *cfg, struct sdhci_host *host,
 #endif
 	debug("%s, caps: 0x%x\n", __func__, caps);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_SDMA
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_SDMA)
 	if ((caps & SDHCI_CAN_DO_SDMA)) {
 		host->flags |= USE_SDMA;
 	} else {
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ int sdhci_setup_cfg(struct mmc_config *cfg, struct sdhci_host *host,
 #endif
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_SDHCI_ADMA)
 	if (!(caps & SDHCI_CAN_DO_ADMA2)) {
-		printf("%s: Your controller doesn't support SDMA!!\n",
+		printf("%s: Your controller doesn't support ADMA!!\n",
 		       __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}