diff --git a/arch/sh/lib/start.S b/arch/sh/lib/start.S
index f9f26d3779..ddb9aa9f87 100644
--- a/arch/sh/lib/start.S
+++ b/arch/sh/lib/start.S
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ _start:
 
 	mov.l	._gd_init, r13		/* global data */
 	mov.l	._stack_init, r15	/* stack */
-
+#if CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
+	mov.l	._gd_malloc_base, r14
+	mov.l	r15, @r14
+#endif
 	mov.l	._sh_generic_init, r0
 	jsr	@r0
 	mov     #0, r4
@@ -70,5 +73,8 @@ loop:
 ._bss_start:		.long	bss_start
 ._bss_end:		.long	bss_end
 ._gd_init:		.long	(_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
+#if CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
+._gd_malloc_base:	.long	(_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE + GD_MALLOC_BASE)
+#endif
 ._stack_init:		.long	(_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN - 16)
 ._sh_generic_init:	.long	board_init_f