diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/emi.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/emi.c
index 93e92aceef..7cd631ca0b 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/emi.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/emi.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int mt_set_emi(const struct dramc_param *dparam)
 	bool first_run = true;
 	set_vdram1_vddq_voltage();
 
-	if (CONFIG(MT8183_DRAM_DVFS)) {
+	if (dparam->header.config & DRAMC_CONFIG_DVFS) {
 		if (run_calib(dparam, &shared, DRAM_DFS_SHUFFLE_3,
 			      &first_run) != 0)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/dramc_param.h b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/dramc_param.h
index 564b43df9d..1f4148bc8d 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/dramc_param.h
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/dramc_param.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	DRAMC_PARAM_HEADER_MAGIC = 0x44524d4b,
-	DRAMC_PARAM_HEADER_VERSION  = 1,
+	DRAMC_PARAM_HEADER_VERSION = 2,
 };
 
 enum DRAMC_PARAM_STATUS_CODES {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum DRAMC_PARAM_STATUS_CODES {
 /* Bit flags */
 enum DRAMC_PARAM_CONFIG {
 	DRAMC_CONFIG_EMCP = 0x0001,
+	DRAMC_CONFIG_DVFS = 0x0002,
 };
 
 enum DRAMC_PARAM_FLAGS {
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memory.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memory.c
index b9ed619a8e..13c3d9ad36 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memory.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memory.c
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ void mt_mem_init(struct dramc_param_ops *dparam_ops)
 
 	const bool recovery_mode = vboot_recovery_mode_enabled();
 
+	/* DRAM DVFS is disabled in recovery mode */
+	if (CONFIG(MT8183_DRAM_DVFS) && !recovery_mode)
+		config |= DRAMC_CONFIG_DVFS;
+
 	/* Load calibration params from flash and run fast calibration */
 	if (recovery_mode) {
 		printk(BIOS_WARNING, "Skip loading cached calibration data\n");