diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
index 42baf97..abcae15 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch/tegra.h>
 #include <asm/arch-tegra/ap.h>
 #include <asm/arch-tegra/board.h>
+#include <asm/arch-tegra/cboot.h>
 #include <asm/arch-tegra/pmc.h>
 #include <asm/arch-tegra/sys_proto.h>
 #include <asm/arch-tegra/warmboot.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,21 @@
 		      unsigned long r3)
 {
 	from_spl = r0 != UBOOT_NOT_LOADED_FROM_SPL;
+
+	/*
+	 * The logic for this is somewhat indirect. The purpose of the marker
+	 * (UBOOT_NOT_LOADED_FROM_SPL) is in fact used to determine if U-Boot
+	 * was loaded from a read-only instance of itself, which is something
+	 * that can happen in secure boot setups. So basically the presence
+	 * of the marker is an indication that U-Boot was loaded by one such
+	 * special variant of U-Boot. Conversely, the absence of the marker
+	 * indicates that this instance of U-Boot was loaded by something
+	 * other than a special U-Boot. This could be SPL, but it could just
+	 * as well be one of any number of other first stage bootloaders.
+	 */
+	if (from_spl)
+		cboot_save_boot_params(r0, r1, r2, r3);
+
 	save_boot_params_ret();
 }
 #endif
@@ -127,6 +143,13 @@
 
 int dram_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
+	/* try to initialize DRAM from cboot DTB first */
+	err = cboot_dram_init();
+	if (err == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TEGRA_MC)
 	/* We do not initialise DRAM here. We just query the size */
 	gd->ram_size = query_sdram_size();