diff --git a/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig b/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
index b8a0cb4..b3e6277 100644
--- a/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
+++ b/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE=0xFF800400
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_BOOTPARAMS=y
 # CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING is not set
 # CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE=276