diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/lowlevel_init.S
index 1872c57699577bcf107753fb48ff1a2dbde63ac1..658934d664a4ab5827169da13aa2728a395bc171 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ ENTRY(lowlevel_init)
 	/*
 	 * Setup a temporary stack. Global data is not available yet.
 	 */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_STACK)
+	ldr	sp, =CONFIG_SPL_STACK
+#else
 	ldr	sp, =CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
+#endif
 	bic	sp, sp, #7 /* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_DM
 	mov	r9, #0