diff --git a/common/env_mmc.c b/common/env_mmc.c
index 15aa43d5e1..bdb452e58c 100644
--- a/common/env_mmc.c
+++ b/common/env_mmc.c
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ __weak int mmc_get_env_addr(struct mmc *mmc, int copy, u32 *env_addr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+__weak int mmc_get_env_dev(void)
+{
+	return CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
+}
+
 int env_init(void)
 {
 	/* use default */
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ static unsigned char env_mmc_orig_hwpart;
 static int mmc_set_env_part(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 	uint part = mmc_get_env_part(mmc);
-	int dev = CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
+	int dev = mmc_get_env_dev();
 	int ret = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ static const char *init_mmc_for_env(struct mmc *mmc)
 static void fini_mmc_for_env(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART
-	int dev = CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
+	int dev = mmc_get_env_dev();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	dev = 0;
@@ -140,7 +145,8 @@ static unsigned char env_flags;
 int saveenv(void)
 {
 	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(env_t, env_new, 1);
-	struct mmc *mmc = find_mmc_device(CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV);
+	int dev = mmc_get_env_dev();
+	struct mmc *mmc = find_mmc_device(dev);
 	u32	offset;
 	int	ret, copy = 0;
 	const char *errmsg;
@@ -167,8 +173,7 @@ int saveenv(void)
 		goto fini;
 	}
 
-	printf("Writing to %sMMC(%d)... ", copy ? "redundant " : "",
-	       CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV);
+	printf("Writing to %sMMC(%d)... ", copy ? "redundant " : "", dev);
 	if (write_env(mmc, CONFIG_ENV_SIZE, offset, (u_char *)env_new)) {
 		puts("failed\n");
 		ret = 1;
@@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ void env_relocate_spec(void)
 	int crc1_ok = 0, crc2_ok = 0;
 	env_t *ep;
 	int ret;
-	int dev = CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
+	int dev = mmc_get_env_dev();
 	const char *errmsg = NULL;
 
 	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(env_t, tmp_env1, 1);
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ void env_relocate_spec(void)
 	struct mmc *mmc;
 	u32 offset;
 	int ret;
-	int dev = CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV;
+	int dev = mmc_get_env_dev();
 	const char *errmsg;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD