diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
index b21c1d6ff0bbb98498ccf8c3f5924a03edaf6a18..9759e23a53de45782291a2b649484fc6c81151be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
@@ -645,6 +645,17 @@ void board_init_r (gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr)
 	gd->cpu += dest_addr - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_ENV_RELOC
+	/*
+	 * Some systems need to relocate the env_addr pointer early because the
+	 * location it points to will get invalidated before env_relocate is
+	 * called.  One example is on systems that might use a L2 or L3 cache
+	 * in SRAM mode and initialize that cache from SRAM mode back to being
+	 * a cache in cpu_init_r.
+	 */
+	gd->env_addr += dest_addr - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTI
 	serial_initialize();
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h b/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
index 850665a041f984ca859b22ce849e79551b6253ae..5c5be0ce919e72f51811d3ef10de7c1efaac3ea6 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
@@ -242,9 +242,10 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT	60000	/* Flash Erase Timeout (ms) */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT	500	/* Flash Write Timeout (ms) */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_SPL) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND) \
-	|| defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SDCARD) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SPIFLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SDCARD) || \
+    defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SPIFLASH)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
+#define CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_ENV_RELOC
 #else
 #undef CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h b/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
index c7973b46a258a5236c443a2f5813a3083f17a743..9620fd0012d01d76764c25c872a1c59bb05a8eeb 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8569MDS.h
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ extern unsigned long get_clock_freq(void);
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT	60000	/* Flash Erase Timeout (ms) */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT	500	/* Flash Write Timeout (ms) */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_SPL) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND)
+#if defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
+#define CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_ENV_RELOC
 #else
 #undef CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h b/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
index 610f3ed299845c11b5ad3b7b52f3bd6dcf295061..a21afb7ac76973d49568716fe5f3fce7812cf457 100644
--- a/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ extern unsigned long get_board_sys_clk(unsigned long dummy);
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT	60000	/* Flash Erase Timeout (ms) */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT	500	/* Flash Write Timeout (ms) */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_SPL) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND) \
-	|| defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SDCARD) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SPIFLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_NAND) || defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SDCARD) || \
+    defined(CONFIG_RAMBOOT_SPIFLASH)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
+#define CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_ENV_RELOC
 #else
 #undef CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT
 #endif