diff --git a/board/theobroma-systems/common/common.c b/board/theobroma-systems/common/common.c
index eb21d4c455..864bcdd46f 100644
--- a/board/theobroma-systems/common/common.c
+++ b/board/theobroma-systems/common/common.c
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ int setup_boottargets(void)
 {
 	const char *boot_device =
 		ofnode_read_chosen_string("u-boot,spl-boot-device");
-	char *env_default, *env;
+	char env_default[sizeof(BOOT_TARGETS)];
+	char *env;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!boot_device) {
 		debug("%s: /chosen/u-boot,spl-boot-device not set\n",
@@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ int setup_boottargets(void)
 	}
 	debug("%s: booted from %s\n", __func__, boot_device);
 
-	env_default = env_get_default("boot_targets");
+	ret = env_get_default_into("boot_targets", env_default, sizeof(env_default));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		env_default[0] = '\0';
 	env = env_get("boot_targets");
 	if (!env) {
 		debug("%s: boot_targets does not exist\n", __func__);