diff --git a/arch/mips/mach-mscc/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/mips/mach-mscc/lowlevel_init.S
index dfbe067..91f29ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mach-mscc/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/mips/mach-mscc/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
     .set noreorder
     .extern     vcoreiii_tlb_init
+    .extern     vcoreiii_ddr_init
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_LUTON
     .extern     pll_init
 #endif
@@ -17,14 +18,28 @@
 	 * As we have no stack yet, we can assume the restricted
 	 * luxury of the sX-registers without saving them
 	 */
-	move	s0,ra
+
+	/* Modify ra/s0 such we return to physical NOR location */
+	li	t0, 0x0fffffff
+	li	t1, CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+	and	s0, ra, t0
+	add	s0, s0, t1
 
 	jal	vcoreiii_tlb_init
 	 nop
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOC_LUTON
 	jal	pll_init
 	 nop
 #endif
+
+	/* Initialize DDR controller to enable stack/gd/heap */
+0:
+	jal	vcoreiii_ddr_init
+	 nop
+	bnez	v0, 0b		/* Retry on error */
+	 nop
+
 	jr	s0
 	 nop
 	END(lowlevel_init)