diff --git a/configs/imx8qm_mek_defconfig b/configs/imx8qm_mek_defconfig
index 9f68877..5ca28bc 100644
--- a/configs/imx8qm_mek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx8qm_mek_defconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 CONFIG_LOG=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x1f000
+CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x1000
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y