diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/Makefile
index 4bb12ad8bdb06a85ace3de8a3aae769f781bdda0..59c26ae786e148c80171e129c17ff9e3153f2ed5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN4I)	+= dram_sun4i.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN5I)	+= dram_sun4i.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I)	+= dram_sun6i.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN7I)	+= dram_sun4i.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I)	+= dram_sun8i.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23)	+= dram_sun8i_a23.o
 obj-y	+= fel_utils.o
 endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
index 260b42d2cf5f51c1a6e1be35a6d0fb25af67bc73..873f8b31f7a83aa66170eed015bfd594e10b81f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/board.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void spl_board_load_image(void)
 
 void s_init(void)
 {
-#if defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I || defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I
+#if defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I || defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23
 	/* Magic (undocmented) value taken from boot0, without this DRAM
 	 * access gets messed up (seems cache related) */
 	setbits_le32(SUNXI_SRAMC_BASE + 0x44, 0x1800);
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/cpu_info.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/cpu_info.c
index b6cb9dea6434e4941527bb2fb363a84feb0f48f4..77435f39f3da2829e9939c19cd36a79d46b3a062 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/cpu_info.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/cpu_info.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int print_cpuinfo(void)
 	}
 #elif defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN7I
 	puts("CPU:   Allwinner A20 (SUN7I)\n");
-#elif defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I
+#elif defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23
 	puts("CPU:   Allwinner A23 (SUN8I)\n");
 #else
 #warning Please update cpu_info.c with correct CPU information
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int print_cpuinfo(void)
 
 int sunxi_get_sid(unsigned int *sid)
 {
-#if defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I || defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I
+#if defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I || defined CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23
 #ifdef CONFIG_AXP221_POWER
 	return axp221_get_sid(sid);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/dram_sun8i.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/dram_sun8i_a23.c
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/dram_sun8i.c
rename to arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/dram_sun8i_a23.c
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram.h
index aedd1941d5527a4084e1c20d89f2f6b09eb2ceac..bb96cc572a42ea81e1588bc1fb078ffcbd40f842 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 /* dram regs definition */
 #if defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN6I)
 #include <asm/arch/dram_sun6i.h>
-#elif defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I)
-#include <asm/arch/dram_sun8i.h>
+#elif defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23)
+#include <asm/arch/dram_sun8i_a23.h>
 #else
 #include <asm/arch/dram_sun4i.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram_sun8i.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram_sun8i_a23.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram_sun8i.h
rename to arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram_sun8i_a23.h
diff --git a/board/sunxi/Kconfig b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
index b716a8ba1eee78af136477ab612aae149b4d4520..3d865d140cc907231c66586bbf9155bf1b2ae6b9 100644
--- a/board/sunxi/Kconfig
+++ b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config MACH_SUN7I
 	select SUPPORT_SPL
 	select ARMV7_BOOT_SEC_DEFAULT if OLD_SUNXI_KERNEL_COMPAT
 
-config MACH_SUN8I
+config MACH_SUN8I_A23
 	bool "sun8i (Allwinner A23)"
 	select CPU_V7
 	select SUNXI_GEN_SUN6I
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ config MACH_SUN8I
 
 endchoice
 
+# The sun8i SoCs share a lot, this helps to avoid a lot of "if A23 || A33"
+config MACH_SUN8I
+	bool
+	default y if MACH_SUN8I_A23 || MACH_SUN8I_A33
+
+
 config DRAM_CLK
 	int "sunxi dram clock speed"
 	default 312 if MACH_SUN6I || MACH_SUN8I
diff --git a/configs/Ippo_q8h_v1_2_defconfig b/configs/Ippo_q8h_v1_2_defconfig
index e003b4ccc62db234e227b27d581f8616e160408d..d9455c8f35cceb7b15d6d0a61c5242a96388719b 100644
--- a/configs/Ippo_q8h_v1_2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/Ippo_q8h_v1_2_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_BL_EN="PH6"
 CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_BL_PWM="PH0"
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
-CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I=y
+CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23=y
 CONFIG_DRAM_CLK=432
 # zq = 0xf74a
 CONFIG_DRAM_ZQ=63306
diff --git a/configs/Ippo_q8h_v5_defconfig b/configs/Ippo_q8h_v5_defconfig
index 87d898e98389bb8c055bcbde818e79fd8d15cfcd..4cc9a5e1eb795e91e6d2da6f42b22cde48ffa7c3 100644
--- a/configs/Ippo_q8h_v5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/Ippo_q8h_v5_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_BL_EN="PH6"
 CONFIG_VIDEO_LCD_BL_PWM="PH0"
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
-CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I=y
+CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_A23=y
 CONFIG_DRAM_CLK=480
 # zq = 0xf777
 CONFIG_DRAM_ZQ=63351