diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index b8ec72c64e9183584f27fcbabe7a9f0c319e7ab2..321709916fe52f372a0c1a1d0838625c344be995 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -384,12 +384,6 @@ static int spl_load_image(u32 boot_device)
 		return loader->load_image(&bootdev);
 
 	switch (boot_device) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1:
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2:
-	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2_2:
-		return spl_mmc_load_image(&bootdev);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_UBI
 	case BOOT_DEVICE_NAND:
 	case BOOT_DEVICE_ONENAND:
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
index 899caf4a9b536f4b61910ddd6caad36d5cd70dd9..5e8172e5bf9eea81bf5ea2b038874443fde62e46 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int spl_mmc_do_fs_boot(struct mmc *mmc)
 }
 #endif
 
-int spl_mmc_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
+static int spl_mmc_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	struct mmc *mmc = NULL;
 	u32 boot_mode;
@@ -345,3 +345,7 @@ int spl_mmc_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 
 	return err;
 }
+
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1, spl_mmc_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2, spl_mmc_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2_2, spl_mmc_load_image);
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 884fbe6179cfa63f9767284170d4638bd8979444..174147a06a0ebe2aa9b8fa47cd6362fdcd4effe0 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ int spl_nor_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
 /* UBI SPL functions */
 int spl_ubi_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
 
-/* MMC SPL functions */
-int spl_mmc_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);
-
 /* YMODEM SPL functions */
 int spl_ymodem_load_image(struct spl_boot_device *bootdev);