diff --git a/configs/riotboard_defconfig b/configs/riotboard_defconfig
index 98fef09..f8bc8c6 100644
--- a/configs/riotboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/riotboard_defconfig
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_RAW_IMAGE_SUPPORT=y
-CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_EXT4=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot-dtb.img"
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME="imx6dl-riotboard.dtb"