diff --git a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
index a6682462f17..4e8bb5ef033 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk mtdparts=atmel_nand:256k(bootstrap)ro,768k(uboot)ro,256K(env_redundant),256k(env),512k(dtb),6M(kernel)ro,-(rootfs) rootfstype=ubifs ubi.mtd=6 root=ubi0:rootfs"
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index 8a9a19d38e6..17a63afbc9f 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include "at91-sama5_common.h"
 
 /*
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x20080000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE	0x80000
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN		(512 << 10)
+/* size of u-boot.bin to load */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN		(2 * SZ_512K)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SD_BOOT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION	1