diff --git a/board/atmel/sama5d2_xplained/sama5d2_xplained.c b/board/atmel/sama5d2_xplained/sama5d2_xplained.c
index 7e0cb42..5758653 100644
--- a/board/atmel/sama5d2_xplained/sama5d2_xplained.c
+++ b/board/atmel/sama5d2_xplained/sama5d2_xplained.c
@@ -247,6 +247,16 @@
 	struct at91_pmc *pmc = (struct at91_pmc *)ATMEL_BASE_PMC;
 	u32 tmp;
 
+	/*
+	 * while coming from the ROM code, we run on PLLA @ 492 MHz / 164 MHz
+	 * so we need to slow down and configure MCKR accordingly.
+	 * This is why we have a special flavor of the switching function.
+	 */
+	tmp = AT91_PMC_MCKR_PLLADIV_2 |
+	      AT91_PMC_MCKR_MDIV_3 |
+	      AT91_PMC_MCKR_CSS_MAIN;
+	at91_mck_init_down(tmp);
+
 	tmp = AT91_PMC_PLLAR_29 |
 	      AT91_PMC_PLLXR_PLLCOUNT(0x3f) |
 	      AT91_PMC_PLLXR_MUL(82) |
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d2_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d2_xplained.h
index 891218d..aedd568 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d2_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d2_xplained.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 /* SPL */
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
 #define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE		0x200000
-#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		0x18000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		0x10000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x20000000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x80000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x20080000