diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
index a0d1eb3..c5b3abc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/parse-container.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <spl.h>
@@ -134,21 +135,27 @@
 	 * It will not override the ATF code, so safe to use it here,
 	 * no need malloc
 	 */
-	container = (struct container_hdr *)spl_get_load_buffer(-size, size);
+	container = malloc(size);
+	if (!container)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	debug("%s: container: %p sector: %lu sectors: %u\n", __func__,
 	      container, sector, sectors);
-	if (info->read(info, sector, sectors, container) != sectors)
-		return -EIO;
+	if (info->read(info, sector, sectors, container) != sectors) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto end;
+	}
 
 	if (container->tag != 0x87 && container->version != 0x0) {
-		printf("Wrong container header\n");
-		return -ENOENT;
+		printf("Wrong container header");
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto end;
 	}
 
 	if (!container->num_images) {
-		printf("Wrong container, no image found\n");
-		return -ENOENT;
+		printf("Wrong container, no image found");
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto end;
 	}
 
 	length = container->length_lsb + (container->length_msb << 8);
@@ -158,13 +165,18 @@
 		size = roundup(length, info->bl_len);
 		sectors = size / info->bl_len;
 
-		container = (struct container_hdr *)spl_get_load_buffer(-size, size);
+		free(container);
+		container = malloc(size);
+		if (!container)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		debug("%s: container: %p sector: %lu sectors: %u\n",
 		      __func__, container, sector, sectors);
 		if (info->read(info, sector, sectors, container) !=
-		    sectors)
-			return -EIO;
+		    sectors) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto end;
+		}
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AHAB_BOOT
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@
 				   SECO_LOCAL_SEC_SEC_SECURE_RAM_BASE);
 	if (ret) {
 		printf("authenticate container hdr failed, return %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto end_auth;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -200,6 +212,10 @@
 	if (sc_seco_authenticate(-1, SC_SECO_REL_CONTAINER, 0))
 		printf("Error: release container failed!\n");
 #endif
+
+end:
+	free(container);
+
 	return ret;
 }