diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
index 82570f8..13ec24b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
@@ -178,5 +178,8 @@
 
 	socfpga_bridges_reset(1);
 
+	/* Configure simple malloc base pointer into RAM. */
+	gd->malloc_base = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE + (1024 * 1024);
+
 	board_init_r(NULL, 0);
 }