diff --git a/arch/arm/config.mk b/arch/arm/config.mk
index 0be47d3c4..21c1e33e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/config.mk
@@ -70,5 +70,7 @@ LDSCRIPT := $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
 
 ifndef CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC
 # needed for relocation
+ifndef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
 PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -pie
 endif
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index 49ca839a4..e882487c2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ clbss_l:str	r2, [r0]		/* clear loop...		    */
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
 	ldr     r0, _nand_boot_ofs
-	adr	r1, _start
-	add	pc, r0, r1
-_nand_boot_ofs
-	: .word nand_boot - _start
+	mov	pc, r0
+
+_nand_boot_ofs:
+	.word nand_boot
 #else
 	ldr	r0, _board_init_r_ofs
 	adr	r1, _start
diff --git a/board/karo/tx25/config.mk b/board/karo/tx25/config.mk
index 51ca1ab0f..8be6466b5 100644
--- a/board/karo/tx25/config.mk
+++ b/board/karo/tx25/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
 TEXT_BASE = 0x810c0000
 else
-TEXT_BASE = 0x81fc0000
+TEXT_BASE = 0x81200000
 endif
diff --git a/include/configs/tx25.h b/include/configs/tx25.h
index bcc8140df..996afa3b0 100644
--- a/include/configs/tx25.h
+++ b/include/configs/tx25.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x800
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE	0x30000
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST      (0x81fc0000)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST      (0x81200000)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START    CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE	2048
diff --git a/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/u-boot.lds b/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/u-boot.lds
index c57255753..5f95c874f 100644
--- a/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/u-boot.lds
+++ b/nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/u-boot.lds
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.rel.ro)
 	}
 
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	__rel_dyn_start = .;
+	__rel_dyn_end = .;
+	__dynsym_start = .;
+
 	__got_start = .;
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.got : { *(.got) }
@@ -67,4 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	__bss_start = .;
 	.bss : { *(.bss) }
 	_end = .;
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.bss*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynsym*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.hash*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
 }