diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 065bbe49b7f190b40aa3f5bfd6566eabce60d6d6..687208fb3001f050fb589015986ad1df00d78458 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ config FSP_TEMP_RAM_ADDR
 	  Stack top address which is used in FspInit after DRAM is ready and
 	  CAR is disabled.
 
+config FSP_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
+	hex
+	depends on HAVE_FSP
+	default 0x100000
+	help
+	  Additional size of malloc() pool before relocation.
+
 config SMP
 	bool "Enable Symmetric Multiprocessing"
 	default n
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index e94ddc45ddb78475eefa3e306b9f352d1f378755..e2b5ef4b742173919401c1dd7ae99f84c00e6ae7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ car_init_ret:
 	jz	skip_hob
 	movl	%esi, GD_HOB_LIST(%edx)
 
+	/*
+	 * After fsp_init() returns, the stack has already been switched to a
+	 * place within system memory as defined by CONFIG_FSP_TEMP_RAM_ADDR.
+	 * Enlarge the size of malloc() pool before relocation since we have
+	 * plenty of memory now.
+	 */
+	subl	$CONFIG_FSP_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN, %esp
+	movl	%esp, GD_MALLOC_BASE(%edx)
 skip_hob:
 #else
 	/* Store table pointer */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c b/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
index d564cb9043eb84fa6ec1abbfe966708655ce644a..658f32d583257a237a2390258896dd6e8ee941a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
@@ -56,8 +56,22 @@ void board_final_cleanup(void)
 
 int x86_fsp_init(void)
 {
-	if (!gd->arch.hob_list)
+	if (!gd->arch.hob_list) {
+		/*
+		 * The first time we enter here, call fsp_init().
+		 * Note the execution does not return to this function,
+		 * instead it jumps to fsp_continue().
+		 */
 		fsp_init(CONFIG_FSP_TEMP_RAM_ADDR, BOOT_FULL_CONFIG, NULL);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The second time we enter here, adjust the size of malloc()
+		 * pool before relocation. Given gd->malloc_base was adjusted
+		 * after the call to board_init_f_mem() in arch/x86/cpu/start.S,
+		 * we should fix up gd->malloc_limit here.
+		 */
+		gd->malloc_limit += CONFIG_FSP_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }