diff --git a/configs/helios4_defconfig b/configs/helios4_defconfig
index 0b7cd74..626469e 100644
--- a/configs/helios4_defconfig
+++ b/configs/helios4_defconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x22fd0
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x4000
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS=32
 CONFIG_CMD_TLV_EEPROM=y