diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
index 4d33f998c6305f8af99d66ec7a3049d44511d5bd..71a467e52f7068b51398e28f6e58c8988be51e24 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
@@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ void board_init_r(gd_t *id, ulong dummy)
 	u32 boot_device;
 	debug(">>spl:board_init_r()\n");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
 	mem_malloc_init(CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START,
 			CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 	spl_board_init();