diff --git a/configs/am64x_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am64x_evm_r5_defconfig
index 6ad98a4..cbeb8bf 100644
--- a/configs/am64x_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am64x_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_SIZE_LIMIT_SUBTRACT_GD=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SIZE_LIMIT_SUBTRACT_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x180000
+CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x4000
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_REPORT_STACK_F_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y