diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/start.S b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
index 26a5934..90ee7e0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/start.S
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
@@ -50,18 +50,20 @@
 1:
 #endif
 
-	/* Setup stack- and frame-pointers */
+	/* Establish C runtime stack and frame */
 	mov	%sp, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
 	mov	%fp, %sp
 
-	/* Allocate and zero GD, update SP */
+	/* Allocate reserved area from current top of stack */
 	mov	%r0, %sp
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
-
-	/* Update stack- and frame-pointers */
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
+	/* Set stack below reserved area, adjust frame pointer accordingly */
 	mov	%sp, %r0
 	mov	%fp, %sp
 
+	/* Initialize reserved area - note: r0 already contains address */
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
+
 	/* Zero the one and only argument of "board_init_f" */
 	mov_s	%r0, 0
 	j	board_init_f