diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 504abca0b7..ebd9468d11 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ config ARCH_SUNXI
 	select OF_CONTROL
 	select OF_SEPARATE
 	select SPECIFY_CONSOLE_INDEX
+	select SPL_SEPARATE_BSS if SPL
 	select SPL_STACK_R if SPL
 	select SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE if SPL
 	select SPL_SYS_THUMB_BUILD if !ARM64