diff --git a/include/configs/am64x_evm.h b/include/configs/am64x_evm.h
index 5d756b409de5af07b03bc239e0e78f495bc44e9a..6fe5c19f127d49949bdc43d9c8a758e068058f42 100644
--- a/include/configs/am64x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am64x_evm.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * our memory footprint. The less we use for BSS the more we have available
  * for everything else.
  */
-#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x5000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x1000
 /*
  * Link BSS to be within SPL in a dedicated region located near the top of
  * the MCU SRAM, this way making it available also before relocation. Note