diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
index 7eb08a3b089dfdfb9d031caba651fe62967fc540..4a4d02f4c8b5c1c4d95c8735a52862ab4c7fd4fe 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ static int nand_ecc_pos[] = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS;
 static nand_info_t mtd;
 static struct nand_chip nand_chip;
 
+#define ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
+					CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
+#define ECCTOTAL	(ECCSTEPS * CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES)
+
+
 #if (CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE <= 512)
 /*
  * NAND command for small page NAND devices (512)
@@ -145,29 +150,21 @@ static int nand_is_bad_block(int block)
 static int nand_read_page(int block, int page, uchar *dst)
 {
 	struct nand_chip *this = mtd.priv;
-	u_char *ecc_calc;
-	u_char *ecc_code;
-	u_char *oob_data;
+	u_char ecc_calc[ECCTOTAL];
+	u_char ecc_code[ECCTOTAL];
+	u_char oob_data[CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE];
 	int i;
 	int eccsize = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE;
 	int eccbytes = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES;
-	int eccsteps = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS;
+	int eccsteps = ECCSTEPS;
 	uint8_t *p = dst;
 
-	/*
-	 * No malloc available for now, just use some temporary locations
-	 * in SDRAM
-	 */
-	ecc_calc = (u_char *)(CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x10000);
-	ecc_code = ecc_calc + 0x100;
-	oob_data = ecc_calc + 0x200;
-
 	nand_command(block, page, 0, NAND_CMD_READOOB);
 	this->read_buf(&mtd, oob_data, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE);
 	nand_command(block, page, 0, NAND_CMD_READ0);
 
 	/* Pick the ECC bytes out of the oob data */
-	for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < ECCTOTAL; i++)
 		ecc_code[i] = oob_data[nand_ecc_pos[i]];
 
 
@@ -184,24 +181,17 @@ static int nand_read_page(int block, int page, uchar *dst)
 static int nand_read_page(int block, int page, void *dst)
 {
 	struct nand_chip *this = mtd.priv;
-	u_char *ecc_calc;
-	u_char *ecc_code;
-	u_char *oob_data;
+	u_char ecc_calc[ECCTOTAL];
+	u_char ecc_code[ECCTOTAL];
+	u_char oob_data[CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE];
 	int i;
 	int eccsize = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE;
 	int eccbytes = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES;
-	int eccsteps = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS;
+	int eccsteps = ECCSTEPS;
 	uint8_t *p = dst;
 
 	nand_command(block, page, 0, NAND_CMD_READ0);
 
-	/* No malloc available for now, just use some temporary locations
-	 * in SDRAM
-	 */
-	ecc_calc = (u_char *)(CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x10000);
-	ecc_code = ecc_calc + 0x100;
-	oob_data = ecc_calc + 0x200;
-
 	for (i = 0; eccsteps; eccsteps--, i += eccbytes, p += eccsize) {
 		if (this->ecc.mode != NAND_ECC_SOFT)
 			this->ecc.hwctl(&mtd, NAND_ECC_READ);
@@ -211,10 +201,10 @@ static int nand_read_page(int block, int page, void *dst)
 	this->read_buf(&mtd, oob_data, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE);
 
 	/* Pick the ECC bytes out of the oob data */
-	for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < ECCTOTAL; i++)
 		ecc_code[i] = oob_data[nand_ecc_pos[i]];
 
-	eccsteps = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS;
+	eccsteps = ECCSTEPS;
 	p = dst;
 
 	for (i = 0 ; eccsteps; eccsteps--, i += eccbytes, p += eccsize) {
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
index 0a0c261bf9507c1e9b5a2a200f8f1c355d2b2f44..b0dd2f0af61ff1f2ceb9ad8386909791e1b9b67a 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
@@ -359,10 +359,6 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index d44eeec5b68b98956ac946cb162c5e1919fbd8b1..f797f3ffd97f0425614404e4b78ef0a980495e18 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -360,10 +360,6 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/devkit8000.h b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
index 758326bb9dddbd5099dfee5007b56618721cad4b..2b6a6ee091815a36162f7d601d0a71aaa28b8ff4 100644
--- a/include/configs/devkit8000.h
+++ b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
@@ -343,11 +343,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL       (CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
-
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
diff --git a/include/configs/hawkboard.h b/include/configs/hawkboard.h
index 12acb27aef7e4e68d8d8b3374bd469b99e1fb177..65b3b78abecba32175ffd3e9d1af5551f1880221 100644
--- a/include/configs/hawkboard.h
+++ b/include/configs/hawkboard.h
@@ -138,11 +138,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	10
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE /	 \
-					 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES *	\
-					CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYS_USE_NAND */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h b/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
index 91af8a025697b0055b87d135db0034b3e6b3e117..4c7a686d390b713be73d930b51f34c93dac0581b 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
@@ -418,10 +418,6 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_evm.h b/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
index 2ce3959fdaf5f8963a0edce96f90791c3702f81c..1fcb7af9fe2128969ebee408323c8411c72a44d0 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL       (CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h b/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
index 2f879c0bf12ffd5b9799dc9aff1015ff4e11ce83..362fa1d720a06d7940f5f603e75205018d7893aa 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE / \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE)
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL       (CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
-						CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000