diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
index 27754c8..00e9a3a 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	select INTEL_GMA_ACPI
 	select CACHE_MRC_SETTINGS
 	select PARALLEL_MP
+	select BOOT_DEVICE_SPI_FLASH_NO_EARLY_WRITES
 
 config CBFS_SIZE
 	hex