diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/skyrim/bootblock.c b/src/mainboard/google/skyrim/bootblock.c
index c332aed510..4128090fcc 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/skyrim/bootblock.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/skyrim/bootblock.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <amdblocks/espi.h>
 #include <bootblock_common.h>
 #include <baseboard/variants.h>
+#include <soc/espi.h>
 
 void mb_set_up_early_espi(void)
 {
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ void mb_set_up_early_espi(void)
 
 	variant_espi_gpio_table(&gpios, &num_gpios);
 	gpio_configure_pads(gpios, num_gpios);
+
+	espi_switch_to_spi1_pads();
 }
 
 void bootblock_mainboard_early_init(void)