diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
index ee76021c7f34..afb8eb0a0a16 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ nand@0,0 {
 		interrupts = <0 IRQ_TYPE_NONE>, /* fifoevent */
 			     <1 IRQ_TYPE_NONE>;	/* termcount */
 		rb-gpios = <&gpmc 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;	/* gpmc_wait0 */
+		ti,nand-xfer-type = "prefetch-dma";
 		ti,nand-ecc-opt = "bch16";
 		ti,elm-id = <&elm>;
 		nand-bus-width = <8>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am43x-epos-evm.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am43x-epos-evm.dts
index 54f40f370011..9d276af7c539 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am43x-epos-evm.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am43x-epos-evm.dts
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ nand@0,0 {
 		interrupts = <0 IRQ_TYPE_NONE>, /* fifoevent */
 			     <1 IRQ_TYPE_NONE>;	/* termcount */
 		rb-gpios = <&gpmc 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;	/* gpmc_wait0 */
+		ti,nand-xfer-type = "prefetch-dma";
 		ti,nand-ecc-opt = "bch16";
 		ti,elm-id = <&elm>;
 		nand-bus-width = <8>;