diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/config.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/config.h
index 3d331cc970d87698a7f07fba8502f319d524dab8..e5be078c19704776e9cb986d4bf2951e6d5a6335 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/config.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/config.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define __ASM_ARC_CONFIG_H_
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
+#define CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
 
 #define CONFIG_LMB