diff --git a/common/spl/spl_spi.c b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
index 925a1b1..42880d5 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_spi.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <spl.h>
 
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
 /*
  * Load the kernel, check for a valid header we can parse, and if found load
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@
 			      struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
 	int err = 0;
+	unsigned payload_offs = CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS;
 	struct spi_flash *flash;
 	struct image_header *header;
 
@@ -89,12 +92,18 @@
 	/* use CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE as temporary storage area */
 	header = (struct image_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE);
 
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_CONTROL) && !CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
+	payload_offs = fdtdec_get_config_int(gd->fdt_blob,
+					     "u-boot,spl-payload-offset",
+					     payload_offs);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
 	if (spl_start_uboot() || spi_load_image_os(spl_image, flash, header))
 #endif
 	{
 		/* Load u-boot, mkimage header is 64 bytes. */
-		err = spi_flash_read(flash, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS, 0x40,
+		err = spi_flash_read(flash, payload_offs, 0x40,
 				     (void *)header);
 		if (err) {
 			debug("%s: Failed to read from SPI flash (err=%d)\n",
@@ -113,13 +122,13 @@
 			load.bl_len = 1;
 			load.read = spl_spi_fit_read;
 			err = spl_load_simple_fit(spl_image, &load,
-						  CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS,
+						  payload_offs,
 						  header);
 		} else {
 			err = spl_parse_image_header(spl_image, header);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
-			err = spi_flash_read(flash, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS,
+			err = spi_flash_read(flash, payload_offs,
 					     spl_image->size,
 					     (void *)spl_image->load_addr);
 		}