diff --git a/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
index 6a261c20ac..5abd686931 100644
--- a/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am65x_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x41c00000
-CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/configs/am65x_hs_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am65x_hs_evm_r5_defconfig
index 0b12f15782..49eca7de64 100644
--- a/configs/am65x_hs_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am65x_hs_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_POST_PROCESS=y
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x41c00000
-CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
diff --git a/include/configs/am65x_evm.h b/include/configs/am65x_evm.h
index 1319745963..ea365b979b 100644
--- a/include/configs/am65x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am65x_evm.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 					 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
 /* Set the stack right below the SPL BSS section */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR         CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
+/* Configure R5 SPL post-relocation malloc pool in DDR */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x84000000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE	SZ_16M
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_K3_SPL_ATF