diff --git a/nshlib/Kconfig b/nshlib/Kconfig
index 1bdd597d1..f149055b0 100644
--- a/nshlib/Kconfig
+++ b/nshlib/Kconfig
@@ -798,9 +798,10 @@ endmenu # USB Device Trace Support
 config NSH_ARCHINIT
 	bool "Have architecture-specific initialization"
 	default n
+	select LIB_BOARDCTL
 	---help---
 		Set if your board provides architecture specific initialization
-		via the board-specific function nsh_archinitialize().  This
+		via the board-interface function boardctl().  The boardctl()
 		function will be called early in NSH initialization to allow
 		board logic to do such things as configure MMC/SD slots.
 
diff --git a/nshlib/README.txt b/nshlib/README.txt
index 970d6e250..9da35acff 100644
--- a/nshlib/README.txt
+++ b/nshlib/README.txt
@@ -1258,9 +1258,9 @@ NSH-Specific Configuration Settings
 
   * CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT
       Set if your board provides architecture specific initialization
-      via the board-specific function nsh_archinitialize().  This
-      function will be called early in NSH initialization to allow
-      board logic to do such things as configure MMC/SD slots.
+      via the board-interface function boardctl().  This function will
+      be called early in NSH initialization to allow board logic to
+      do such things as configure MMC/SD slots.
 
   If Telnet is selected for the NSH console, then we must configure
   the resources used by the Telnet daemon and by the Telnet clients.
diff --git a/nshlib/nsh.h b/nshlib/nsh.h
index eccf5c23d..f9f5e1468 100644
--- a/nshlib/nsh.h
+++ b/nshlib/nsh.h
@@ -773,9 +773,9 @@ int nsh_loginscript(FAR struct nsh_vtbl_s *vtbl);
 /* Architecture-specific initialization */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT
-int nsh_archinitialize(void);
+int board_app_initialize(void);
 #else
-#  define nsh_archinitialize() (-ENOSYS)
+#  define board_app_initialize() (-ENOSYS)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NSH_ARCHMAC
diff --git a/nshlib/nsh_init.c b/nshlib/nsh_init.c
index c9b6a8578..ac1863f11 100644
--- a/nshlib/nsh_init.c
+++ b/nshlib/nsh_init.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void nsh_initialize(void)
 
   /* Perform architecture-specific initialization (if available) */
 
-  (void)nsh_archinitialize();
+  (void)board_app_initialize();
 
   /* Bring up the network */