diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index e58ea24d2cb1b5aef061c1fa6a293a6609763794..7b03ed81b1e31bd10b1270dc7efcd06d5667809c 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 CROSS_COMPILE ?= nios2-elf-
 
-STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x02000000
+CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x02000000
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NIOS2 -D__NIOS2__
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -G0