diff --git a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
index 40b136c17..cef2859ec 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
@@ -508,17 +508,19 @@ int fsl_esdhc_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
 void fdt_fixup_esdhc(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 {
 	const char *compat = "fsl,esdhc";
-	const char *status = "okay";
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
 	if (!hwconfig("esdhc")) {
-		status = "disabled";
-		goto out;
+		do_fixup_by_compat(blob, compat, "status", "disabled",
+				8 + 1, 1);
+		return;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	do_fixup_by_compat_u32(blob, compat, "clock-frequency",
 			       gd->sdhc_clk, 1);
-out:
-	do_fixup_by_compat(blob, compat, "status", status,
-			   strlen(status) + 1, 1);
+
+	do_fixup_by_compat(blob, compat, "status", "okay",
+			   4 + 1, 1);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h b/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
index c237991ad..abccfd643 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ extern int board_pci_host_broken(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC
 #define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
+#define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR	CONFIG_SYS_MPC83xx_ESDHC_ADDR
 #define CONFIG_CMD_MMC
 #define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h b/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
index 385c7c321..ea3056b93 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC
 #define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
+#define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR	CONFIG_SYS_MPC83xx_ESDHC_ADDR
 #define CONFIG_CMD_MMC
 #define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h b/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
index 2395cb222..177d5d536 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_clock_freq(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC
 #define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
+#define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_PIN_MUX
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR	CONFIG_SYS_MPC85xx_ESDHC_ADDR
 #define CONFIG_CMD_MMC
 #define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC