diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
index 516a02e8a89..74557c4bb7c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include <dm/uclass-internal.h>
 #include <dm/pinctrl.h>
 #include <linux/soc/ti/ti_sci_protocol.h>
+#include <log.h>
 #include <mmc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #ifdef CONFIG_K3_LOAD_SYSFW
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_K3_LOAD_SYSFW) || defined(CONFIG_K3_AM654_DDRSS)
 	struct udevice *dev;
+	size_t pool_size;
+	void *pool_addr;
 	int ret;
 #endif
 	/*
@@ -149,6 +153,20 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_K3_LOAD_SYSFW
+	/*
+	 * Initialize an early full malloc environment. Do so by allocating a
+	 * new malloc area inside the currently active pre-relocation "first"
+	 * malloc pool of which we use all that's left.
+	 */
+	pool_size = CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN) - gd->malloc_ptr;
+	pool_addr = malloc(pool_size);
+	if (!pool_addr)
+		panic("ERROR: Can't allocate full malloc pool!\n");
+
+	mem_malloc_init((ulong)pool_addr, (ulong)pool_size);
+	gd->flags |= GD_FLG_FULL_MALLOC_INIT;
+	debug("%s: initialized an early full malloc pool at 0x%08lx of 0x%lx bytes\n",
+	      __func__, (unsigned long)pool_addr, (unsigned long)pool_size);
 	/*
 	 * Process pinctrl for the serial0 a.k.a. WKUP_UART0 module and continue
 	 * regardless of the result of pinctrl. Do this without probing the