diff --git a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
index 8867fd3..bd24f18 100644
--- a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
+++ b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_THUNDERX_88XX=y
+CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x00500000
 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING=" for Cavium Thunder CN88XX ARM v8 Multi-Core"
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="thunderx-88xx"
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y