diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
index eba2324..0cd2400 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
index 3c291fb..accccdc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL /* deprecated, use instead CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Below variable is very important because we use MMU in U-Boot.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
index 43bd6ed..1e3e5a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
index 2864d12..8c2c836 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
index 827fee2..7f067c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
index 373e6d8..bf54423 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index f5d1582..efdff3e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL /* deprecated, use instead CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #else
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
index 9dec35b..85adc62 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
index 04d0845..a69fb17 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE /* address of _start in the linked image */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 36a4c3c..5e5f42e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
index b725964..8f4fa7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
index 456a783..2e2afd7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-#ifdef	CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
index c096177..aab81f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
index 4bf6f5f..01d1a59 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.