diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/dmo-mx6-realq7/board.c b/arch/arm/boards/dmo-mx6-realq7/board.c
index b2a27a4..7983b88 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/dmo-mx6-realq7/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/dmo-mx6-realq7/board.c
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@
 {
 	switch (bootsource_get()) {
 	case BOOTSOURCE_MMC:
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MCI_STARTUP)) {
-			struct device_d *dev = get_device_by_name("mmc3");
-			if (dev)
-				device_detect(dev);
-		}
+		device_detect_by_name("mmc3");
 		devfs_add_partition("mmc3", 0, SZ_1M, DEVFS_PARTITION_FIXED, "mmc3.barebox");
 		devfs_add_partition("mmc3", SZ_1M, SZ_1M, DEVFS_PARTITION_FIXED, "mmc3.bareboxenv");
 		default_environment_path = "/dev/mmc3.bareboxenv";
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx53-loco/board.c b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx53-loco/board.c
index 0e3955f..dd4251d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx53-loco/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/freescale-mx53-loco/board.c
@@ -79,12 +79,10 @@
 
 static int loco_late_init(void)
 {
-	struct device_d *dev = get_device_by_name("mmc0");
 	struct mc34708 *mc34708;
 	int rev;
 
-	if (dev)
-		device_detect(dev);
+	device_detect_by_name("mmc0");
 
 	devfs_add_partition("mmc0", 0x40000, 0x20000, DEVFS_PARTITION_FIXED, "env0");