diff --git a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
index 810f391fdc..25d0ba191c 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_SYS_DCACHE_OFF is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_IMXRT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x80002000
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y