diff --git a/configs/socfpga_n5x_atf_defconfig b/configs/socfpga_n5x_atf_defconfig
index 88763d1..0fac9fb 100644
--- a/configs/socfpga_n5x_atf_defconfig
+++ b/configs/socfpga_n5x_atf_defconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run fatscript; run mmcfitload; run mmcfitboot"
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x40000
+CONFIG_SPL_HAS_BSS_LINKER_SECTION=y
+CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR=0x3ff00000
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x100000
 # CONFIG_SPL_SHARES_INIT_SP_ADDR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK=0xffe3f000