diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_net_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_net_virt_defconfig
index ccc9431ca8..0553ac6b17 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_net_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_net_virt_defconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ CONFIG_MMC_IO_VOLTAGE=y
 CONFIG_MMC_UHS_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_HS400_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ADMA=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ZYNQ=y
 CONFIG_ZYNQ_SDHCI_MIN_FREQ=100000
 CONFIG_MTD=y