diff --git a/configs/vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig b/configs/vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig
index 1e59d27..2daa1fc 100644
--- a/configs/vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig
+++ b/configs/vexpress_ca9x4_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS_CA9X4=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x60800000
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2