diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index b588887fa3b..6a2c03ccdd0 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_VERSAL=y
 CONFIG_TEXT_BASE=0x8000000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x100000
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=36
+CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED=30000000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="xilinx-versal-virt"
 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT_OVERLAY=y
 CONFIG_DM_RESET=y