diff --git a/plat/allwinner/common/allwinner-common.mk b/plat/allwinner/common/allwinner-common.mk
index 5e8885d..af26ec0 100644
--- a/plat/allwinner/common/allwinner-common.mk
+++ b/plat/allwinner/common/allwinner-common.mk
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 # Allow mapping read-only data as execute-never.
 SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA	:=	1
 
+# Put NOBITS memory in SRAM A1, overwriting U-Boot's SPL.
+SEPARATE_NOBITS_REGION		:=	1
+
 # BL31 gets loaded alongside BL33 (U-Boot) by U-Boot's SPL
 RESET_TO_BL31			:=	1