diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
index 4719f8c..83fb074 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/board.c
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@
 }
 int board_flash_wp_on(void) __attribute__((weak, alias("__board_flash_wp_on")));
 
+void __cpu_secondary_init_r(void)
+{
+}
+void cpu_secondary_init_r(void)
+__attribute__((weak, alias("__cpu_secondary_init_r")));
+
 static int init_func_ram (void)
 {
 #ifdef	CONFIG_BOARD_TYPES
@@ -798,6 +804,14 @@
 	env_relocate ();
 
 	/*
+	 * after non-volatile devices & environment is setup and cpu code have
+	 * another round to deal with any initialization that might require
+	 * full access to the environment or loading of some image (firmware)
+	 * from a non-volatile device
+	 */
+	cpu_secondary_init_r();
+
+	/*
 	 * Fill in missing fields of bd_info.
 	 * We do this here, where we have "normal" access to the
 	 * environment; we used to do this still running from ROM,