diff --git a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
index 2c8cb7a..63a4f8b 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx53loco/mx53loco.c
@@ -462,12 +462,18 @@ int board_init(void)

 	mxc_set_sata_internal_clock();
 	setup_iomux_i2c();
+
+	lcd_enable();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int board_late_init(void)
+{
 	if (!power_init())
 		clock_1GHz();
 	print_cpuinfo();

-	lcd_enable();
-
 	return 0;
 }

diff --git a/include/configs/mx53loco.h b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
index e30502b..c4181bd 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53loco.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * 1024 * 1024)

 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
+#define CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT
 #define CONFIG_MXC_GPIO
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG