diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
index e1c5fe7ea82d8728ac9815bab8972b5eb531ac83..171cea24ec958d0681bb9b64f2c775761870100b 100644
--- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV		0	/* first detected MMC controller */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_DEVICE	4
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			(128 << 10)
 #endif
 
 /* 64MB of malloc() pool */