diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand_spl.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand_spl.c
index e1e542519d..2f054b60ed 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand_spl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand_spl.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t from, unsigned int size, void *buf)
  * configured and available since this code loads the main U-Boot image
  * from NAND into SDRAM and starts it from there.
  */
-void nand_boot(void)
+__used void nand_boot(void)
 {
 	__attribute__((noreturn)) void (*uboot)(void);