diff --git a/board/rockchip/evb_rk3399/evb-rk3399.c b/board/rockchip/evb_rk3399/evb-rk3399.c
index eb1b832274a..c7e93a358db 100644
--- a/board/rockchip/evb_rk3399/evb-rk3399.c
+++ b/board/rockchip/evb_rk3399/evb-rk3399.c
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@
 #include <asm/arch-rockchip/periph.h>
 #include <power/regulator.h>
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+int board_early_init_f(void)
+{
+	struct udevice *regulator;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = regulator_get_by_platname("vcc5v0_host", &regulator);
+	if (ret) {
+		debug("%s vcc5v0_host init fail! ret %d\n", __func__, ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = regulator_set_enable(regulator, true);
+	if (ret)
+		debug("%s vcc5v0-host-en set fail! ret %d\n", __func__, ret);
+
+out:
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int board_init(void)
 {
 	struct udevice *regulator;
@@ -18,18 +38,6 @@ int board_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		debug("%s: Cannot enable boot on regulator\n", __func__);
 
-	ret = regulator_get_by_platname("vcc5v0_host", &regulator);
-	if (ret) {
-		debug("%s vcc5v0_host init fail! ret %d\n", __func__, ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = regulator_set_enable(regulator, true);
-	if (ret) {
-		debug("%s vcc5v0-host-en set fail!\n", __func__);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-out:
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif