diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
index 13ec24bc16..775a82780f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl.c
@@ -180,6 +180,4 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 
 	/* Configure simple malloc base pointer into RAM. */
 	gd->malloc_base = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE + (1024 * 1024);
-
-	board_init_r(NULL, 0);
 }