diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
index 5af6b73bc9..6451a36e54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
@@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ ENTRY(lowlevel_init)
 	isb
 	dsb	sy
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LS1046A
+	/* Initialize the L2 RAM latency */
+	mrs   x1, S3_1_c11_c0_2
+	mov   x0, #0x1C7
+	/* Clear L2 Tag RAM latency and L2 Data RAM latency */
+	bic   x1, x1, x0
+	/* Set L2 data ram latency bits [2:0] */
+	orr   x1, x1, #0x2
+	/* set L2 tag ram latency bits [8:6] */
+	orr   x1,  x1, #0x80
+	msr   S3_1_c11_c0_2, x1
+	isb
+#endif
+
 	mov	lr, x29			/* Restore LR */
 	ret
 ENDPROC(lowlevel_init)