diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
index eba23248d5b6f5a6052657971593949e702c2b34..0cd2400c58348ff5947f523ce703fd1d8e3452ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ _end_vect:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
index 3c291fbe42e17ff6f31a947e9013e85dcd114624..accccdc2df9ecc5817695f7c1db58f6846dd5f53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ _end_vect:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL /* deprecated, use instead CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Below variable is very important because we use MMU in U-Boot.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
index 43bd6edd2834d4d13e87558022898fd9c8e1322d..1e3e5a16e82867c00a13b69dd023280c97eb1d19 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ _pad:			.word 0x12345678 /* now 16*4=64 */
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
index 2864d128c7b49046e7c94b6c5ba6f7566f8154db..8c2c836bd1437b51155d38dd14aa9cf07e3342f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ _fiq:			.word fiq
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
index 827fee24922c646468b0102c41e9e378a9c30032..7f067c096ad2c039a605525053eecb69578ac7f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ _fiq:			.word fiq
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
index 373e6d8d7c865bf3372f334e46269246d58e1d34..bf54423ce2a4841d196fe88904cd1430dca11632 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/start.S
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ fiq:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index f5d15828d314500b4a75f09a32c034f2e542268e..efdff3e6020ec2b13cdc41c7fbb2040802ee7d81 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ _TEXT_BASE:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_SPL /* deprecated, use instead CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #else
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
index 9dec35b557876e9b2a4c0b66d172417edd8fe769..85adc62a6264408955ab12b1d1d26f50610d644a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ _vectors_end:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
index 04d08458f374edd106634745c07f47f2cd7cc0a6..a69fb17e5ede20ccb8f904c8034c1f0f54d60087 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ _fiq:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE /* address of _start in the linked image */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
+	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 36a4c3cfda1cfdcd4a0431305ae79068fb2fa795..5e5f42e030e6b35f10494958c8a3e63a939f6422 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ _end_vect:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
index b7259645e5c88150cf8a738585829a7ef3675f44..8f4fa7ba21a7e9911cfdcd92fbe41ab534c58286 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ _fiq:			.word fiq
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
index 456a7836dae705e68084e0ff98c36b9205643e81..2e2afd78132ce1eb3856e6313449bba0ef81cc54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ _end_vect:
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
-#ifdef	CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
 	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
 #else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
index c0961770860f0affecde28b692d5cea199eed1aa..aab81f56f0b9c0d204ea843746ea3501321ed574 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ _start:	b       reset
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
index 4bf6f5fe97ee103d53ad012af9a64c891dcf19be..01d1a597b98165ea3b5effae8da41c2fa344eb0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ _fiq:			.word fiq
 
 .globl _TEXT_BASE
 _TEXT_BASE:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
+	.word	CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
+#else
 	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#endif
 
 /*
  * These are defined in the board-specific linker script.